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TomTom Class Action Filed Over Misleading ‘Lifetime’ Marketing

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 A new legal claim asserts that TomTom route gadgets are showcased with misleading "lifetime" claims.  As indicated by the TomTom class activity, TomTom route models GO, ONE, XL, VIA, START, XXL and EASE are showcased as accompanying "lifetime maps."  At the point when buyers buy a TomTom pilot with the lifetime maps highlight, they are allegedly permitted to download at least four "full updates" of their guide each year for the full lifetime of the item.  Offended party Francis McVetty claims that in our current reality where new electronic gadgets are continually being delivered, numerous shoppers are overpowered by the entirety of the choices and the possibility that gadgets should be continually supplanted. TomTom supposedly exploits buyers by "basically saying 'Purchase our gadgets now (at their exorbitant cost), and you will not need to get another for quite a while in light of the fact that we will give refreshed guides so the usefulness do

TomTom is collecting data from Uber to update its navigation maps

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 TomTom and Uber are uniting to guarantee our advanced guides reflect genuine street conditions. Uber has joined TomTom's Map Editing Partnership (MEP) – a program wherein TomTom opens up its guide making interaction to confided in accomplices, permitting them to give new, exact area data that would help stay up with the latest.  With the Uber application being utilized across in excess of 10,000 urban communities around the globe, the ride-hailing and conveyance organization is particularly positioned to offer TomTom the most recent on-the-ground bits of knowledge from finished outings and conveyances – including perceptions about new streets, turn limitations, road terminations, and so forth  Consequently, Uber will incorporate TomTom's more precise than any other time maps, traffic information, and Maps APIs across its worldwide stage to give a consistent encounter to clients. This will be an augmentation of the current association among TomTom and Uber that started in 2015.