It called for a federal privacy law, saying a “patchwork of state privacy laws creates confusion among consumers about their privacy rights and makes compliance unnecessarily difficult.” The absence of such a law lets connected devices and smartphones amass data for tailored ad targeting and other marketing - while also raising the odds of massive information theft through cybersecurity breaches. House and Senate leadership, it said it shares “the goal of protecting the privacy of consumers.” “There is something uniquely invasive about transforming the privacy of one’s car into a corporate surveillance space,” he added.Ī trade group representing the makers of most cars and light trucks sold in the U.S., the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, took issue with that characterization.
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“The electronics that drivers pay more and more money to install are collecting more and more data on them and their passengers.” “Increasingly, most cars are wiretaps on wheels,” said Albert Fox Cahn, a technology and human rights fellow at Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Partners with installed products and services, including SiriusXM, Google Maps and Onstar, are also amassing data. The automakers are vague on disclosing to whom they are selling what they collect, though the researchers have little doubt it includes data brokers, marketers and dealers.
Only two - Renault and Dacia, which are not sold in North America - offer drivers the option to have their data deleted. Half will share your information with government or law enforcement in response to a “request” - as opposed to requiring a court order. Nineteen automakers say they can sell your personal data, their notices reveal.
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