This Study Looks at How and with Whom Connected Cars Share Your Data
Researchers found 21 connected vehicles and companion apps sent VINs, phone numbers and precise locations to ad and analytics domains.
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Your car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think
You hear it all the time: Modern cars are basically smartphones on wheels. And just like the phone in your pocket, the car in your driveway collects vast amounts of data - tracking where you drive, how fast you accelerate, how hard you brake, how aggressively you turn, and much more. The legality of this […]
Modern cars collect vast amounts of data about their drivers, which is sent to advertising and analytics companies, among others.
Hyundai is constantly collecting and transmitting data somewhere—and more than half of it is leaked to advertisers
Modern cars have become smartphones on wheels, collecting vast amounts of data about their owners’ location, speed, driving style and other behaviors. The study found that all vehicles tested shared this data with at least one third-party domain. More than half visited domains dedicated to advertising, tracking and analytics. The legality of such actions remains […]
A new study has revealed that cars and car mobile applications secretly track data and sell this data to third-party sites.
A study tested 21 cars and discovered that all transmit data to third parties. More than half contact advertising companies. Here's what really happens.The article Your car collects and sells your data: the study that proves it seems to be the first on Smartworld.
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