US judge rules: if you can't prove damages, car-makers can continue to intercept and record customers' mobile phone activity.
US judge rules: if you can't prove damages, car-makers can continue to intercept and record customers' mobile phone activity.
A Seattle-based appellate judge ruled that the practice does not meet the threshold for an illegal privacy violation under state law, handing a big win to automakers Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen and General Motors.
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auto manufacturers had violated Washington state’s privacy laws by using vehicles’ on-board infotainment systems to record and intercept customers’ private text messages and mobile phone call logs.
But the appellate judge ruled Tuesday that the interception and recording of mobile phone activity did not meet the Washington Privacy Act’s standard
Privacy is a fundamental human right.
Just not in Usa, as it seems. Here it is indeed the law that needs to be fixed.
https://www.humanrightscareers.com/issues/is-privacy-a-human-right/
To be fair, pretty much every government breaks its own rules, particularly when privacy is involved.
We have the largest and most invasive world governments in the history of the world thanks to the overwhelming technology that allows such a thing. And even governments that pretend to follow the rules just get their buddies in another country to do their dirty work for them. "I can't spy on you, but England can!"
Isn't the EU trying to outlaw end-to-end encryption?
That was France, not the EU