'Cars seem to have really flown under the privacy radar and I'm really hoping that we can help remedy that because they are truly awful,' the study's head said.
— Cars are getting an"F" in data privacy. Most major manufacturers admit they may be selling your personal information, a new study finds, with half also saying they'd share it with the government or law enforcement without a court order.
"Cars seem to have really flown under the privacy radar and I'm really hoping that we can help remedy that because they are truly awful," said Jen Caltrider, the study's research lead."Cars have microphones and people have all kinds of sensitive conversations in them. Cars have cameras that face inward and outward."
Not one of the 25 car brands whose privacy notices were reviewed - chosen for their popularity in Europe and North America - met the minimum privacy standards of Mozilla, which promotes open-source, public interest technologies and maintains the Firefox browser. By contrast, 37% of the mental health apps the non-profit reviewed this year did.
A 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. In a letter sent Tuesday to U.S. House and Senate leadership, it said it shares"the goal of protecting the privacy of consumers." Spokesman Brian Weiss said that for safety reasons the group"has concerns" about letting customers completely opt out but does endorse giving them greater control over how the data is used in marketing and by third parties.In a 2020 Pew Research survey, 52% of Americans said they had opted against using a product or service because they were worried about the amount of personal information it would collect about them.
Further, Nissan says it can share"inferences" drawn from the data to create profiles"reflecting the consumer's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes."
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