Two US senators have accused car companies who sell our data of a 'flagrant abuse' of privacy
Two US senators want the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the sale of driver data by automakers. Democratic senators Ron Wyden from Oregon and Edward Markey from Massachusetts have accused the car industry of a flagrant abuse of privacy. The pair say multiple automakers could have unlawfully shared driver info with data broker Verisk, who then sold it to insurance companies.
Honda shared data from 97,000 cars for $25,920, or 26 cents per car, and GM has yet to disclose what it made from pimping out our details. Beyond the sale of the data harvested from connected cars, the senators expressed concern about the deceptive methods, or “dark patterns,” the automakers used to get a hold of it in the first place, including telling drivers they needed to consent to data sharing if they wanted to receive safety updates and alerts.
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