Your car is selling your data

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Your car is selling your data

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Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/column/994172/your-car-is-selling-your-data

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  • • General Motors was banned by the FTC from selling driver data to brokers after collecting behavioral signals like speeding and nighttime driving.

  • • Most modern automakers collect and share location and driving data with third parties like LexisNexis for insurance profiling.

  • • Drivers often unknowingly consent to this surveillance through connected services and smart features.

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Your car is selling your data

The amount of data about you that many cars collect — and sell to third parties — is staggering.

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