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.
Law enforcement thing doesn’t bother me. If I’m out driving around, I assume I will be tracked some way or another. Especially since I carry a smart phone with me. I have satellite connectivity to be able to lock/unlock, remote start, disable, and track the location of my car. I fully expect the telemetry to be easily accessible by Big Gubmint.
I definitely do not consent to the resale of my information to random third parties. That bit needs to be stopped.
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.
EDIT: a word
Sadly the law is not on our side there.
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!