Carmakers are failing the privacy test. Owners have little or no control over data collected
Carmakers are failing the privacy test. Owners have little or no control over data collected
Cars are getting an “F” in data privacy. A new study finds most major brands admit they may be selling your personal data.
Most major car manufacturers admit they may be selling your personal information — though they are vague on the buyers, a new study finds, and half say they would share it with the government or law enforcement without a court order.
The proliferation of sensors in automobiles — from telematics to fully digitized control consoles — has made them prodigious data-collection hubs.
But drivers are given little or no control over the personal data their vehicles collect, researchers for the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation said Wednesday in their latest “Privacy Not Included” survey. Security standards are also vague, a big concern given automakers’ track record of susceptibility to hacking.
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I would hope any company I'm a customer of would at least require a warrant to release my data to law enforcement. I know I'd be disappointed in most companies, but I feel if I'm paying them, they shouldn't concede until they are at least be required to release my data.
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They reported that they don’t even need a warrant, they just need to ask
And why would they? It's not your data anymore, silly!