Merkley introduces 'Car Privacy Rights Act' in bid to protect drivers' data - KTVZ
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley announced Thursday the introduction of new legislation to protect consumers’ privacy from companies who collect and sell Americans’ car data. Currently, he said, there is a troubling trend of collecting, storing, and selling data from Americans’ vehicles – largely without drivers’ knowledge. Recent reporting has even documented automakers selling the
  • @[email protected]English
    4•2 hours ago

    If I’m forced to use these things I’d at least like to have my conversations and yelling at other drivers be private

  • @[email protected]English
    0•38 minutes ago

    I’d actually not mind them getting monitored for breaches of the highway code, or investigation of homicides/crashes, stuff like that.

    When you take dangerous things into public, there should be some accountability.

    Not that I think that’s what the telemetry is intended for.