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"A
Choice analysis of carmaker privacy policies has found some of the biggest
car sellers in Australia collect and share a range of driver data, including in
some cases video and biometric data, with third parties.
The consumer group analysed the privacy policies of Toyota, Ford, MG, Mazda,
Kia, Hyundai, Tesla, Subaru, Isuzu and Mitsubishi to determine the extent that
modern vehicles are collecting data on their customers, as vehicles become more
and more digital.
Kia, Hyundai and Tesla were found to be the “worst” when it came to protecting
the privacy of their customers,
Choice’s Rafi Alam said.
“Kia and Hyundai both collect and share voice recognition data with third
parties, along with other information,” he said.
“Tesla takes it one step further, collecting short video clips and images
captured from the camera inside the vehicle, and shares some data with third
parties.”
Alam said the investigation found Toyota, Ford, MG and Mazda also collect and
sometimes share customer data, with Toyota collecting information on driver’s
acceleration, braking and cornering behaviour.
Mitsubishi, Subaru and Isuzu were found to not collect or share driver data.
Guardian Australia approached Kia, Hyundai and Tesla separately to respond to
the study."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
