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Your car could be collecting your personal data — even your sexual orientation
"By now, most of us know that cellphones and fitness trackers collect and share our data. But you may be surprised to know your car is doing it, too, and experts say the real shocker is the type of information that’s being collected.
In some cases, it could include intimate information, such as your sex life, sexual orientation or religious affiliation...
With every move you make, every text or call you take, your car may be taking notes.
It's legal, and it's listed right there in a car’s privacy policy — which many buyers don't read but technically consented to when they bought their cars.
"Most people are like, 'Well, I bought a car last year. I don’t remember consenting to any privacy policy.' And it’s probably because you didn’t, or at least not anything that you really noticed," said Jen Caltrider, a privacy expert at the Mozilla Foundation, a nonprofit focused on making the internet safer.
Her team poured through consumer privacy agreements of 25 of the most popular car brands. They discovered that 84% of them share or sell your data..."
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Your car could be collecting your personal data — even your sexual orientation
"By now, most of us know that cellphones and fitness trackers collect and share our data. But you may be surprised to know your car is doing it, too, and experts say the real shocker is the type of information that’s being collected.
In some cases, it could include intimate information, such as your sex life, sexual orientation or religious affiliation...
With every move you make, every text or call you take, your car may be taking notes.
It's legal, and it's listed right there in a car’s privacy policy — which many buyers don't read but technically consented to when they bought their cars.
"Most people are like, 'Well, I bought a car last year. I don’t remember consenting to any privacy policy.' And it’s probably because you didn’t, or at least not anything that you really noticed," said Jen Caltrider, a privacy expert at the Mozilla Foundation, a nonprofit focused on making the internet safer.
Her team poured through consumer privacy agreements of 25 of the most popular car brands. They discovered that 84% of them share or sell your data..."
Your car could be collecting your personal data — even your sexual orientation
Andrea Amico, founder of Privacy4Cars, says vehicle owners no longer have to sift through pages of privacy policies. His company built a database that allows you to input your car’s VIN to see exactly what types of information your car is collecting on you and how it’s being used.
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