Shady Car Dealer Called All 30 Of My References And Told Them My Location.

Okay so this is about one of the major corporate buy here pay here / bad credit dealer. I know it wasn’t a smart idea to finance at one of these places but I was forced to finance a car literally the day I turned 18 to get out of an abusive situation so please don’t judge me lol.

2 weeks ago, I took a trip out to New York and drove my car. This was also coincidentally the day my car payment is due, which shouldn’t be an issue because I always pay my payment, and that day wasn’t any different.

Half way through Pennsylvania I start getting multiple texts from people asking why my car dealer is calling them saying I didn’t pay my payment and was in Pennsylvania. Mind you, I didn’t even know these people even had a gps on my car so that freaked me out.

And they called and said that to all 30 of the references they made me put down when I applied for my car. I had already paid my payment, it just hadn’t cleared yet because it was literally 11am on the due date.

So basically my question is, in the state of Indiana is it legal for them to put a gps in my car without my knowledge, and is it legal for them to disclose my location to all of my references without my knowledge. Especially because no payments were missed.