Automakers Back New Privacy-Protection Practices
As today’s increasingly connected cars give rise to concerns of driver privacy, automakers have pledged to follow a set of common principles that safeguard driver privacy. The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Association of Global Automakers, two groups that represent the vast majority of automakers, recently issued a 19-page report to the Federal Trade Commission that backed opt-in permission for any data collection, concealed driver identity when data is collected and usage of such data only for “legitimate business purposes,” The Detroit News reports. Automakers pledged to adopt such principles across all vehicles by the 2017 model year.
Related: AAA Wants to Protect Personal Data With Connected-Car Bill of Rights
It comes less than a year after a Government Accountability Office report found a number of major automakers, portable-navigation companies and smartphone navigation providers collect more information on drivers than you probably think. Shortly thereafter, AAA issued a consumer bill of rights proposing guidelines for what data is collected and how it’s used. Still, it seems drivers are open to third-party monitoring if there are tangible benefits — like auto-insurance discounts, one 2013 survey suggests.
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