New cars are adata privacy nightmare.
In April, a New York Times investigation into GMrevealed how widespreadthe privacy violations are.
According to the letter, Wydens office contacted GM to figure out what the hell was going on.
Cars rushing down the highway, generating data for hungry brokers.© AerialPerspective Images
If youre alive and online then youve dealt with dark patterns before.
Its when a company uses deceptive practices to trick you into agreeing to something you normally wouldnt.
When they agree, theyre also agreeing to let GM sell their data.
But not enrolling in GMs Smart Driver program wont save you.
These disclosures of location datato other, unnamed third parties have been going on for years.
And the car manufacturers are cagey about who, exactly, theyre selling peoples data to.
Using telematic data to raise insurance rates is illegal in Louisiana and Montana.
In California, companies can only use it to verify mileage.
According to Wyden and Markey, this stuff is likely just the tip of the iceberg.
GM pushed back in a statement to Gizmodo.
TheREPAIR Act, a new bill working its way through Congress, would change that.
The FTC has been aggressive about consumer protection under Khan.
It supportedright-to-repair legislationand recently signaled its interested in taking on auto manufacturers over their data collection practices.
UPDATE 7/29/24:This story has been updated with information about the CRS report and a statement from GM.
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