WASHINGTON (KTVZ) -- Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley announced Thursday the introduction of new legislation to protect consumers’ privacy from companies who collect and sell Americans’ car data. Currently, he said, there is a troubling trend of collecting, storing, and selling data from Americans’ vehicles – largely without drivers’ knowledge. Recent reporting has even documented automakers selling the
And government agencies. They circumvent laws about citizen data privacy and situations where they would otherwise be required to have warrants by leveraging these third-party data brokers.
I truly believe that this will happen, too, as there has been a lot of uproar about this bullshit of data collection all over the world. Corporations are going too far with this even corrupt politicians now think it’s too much.
While I appreciate this, it would be really nice if they would just extend to all electronic devices.
data brokerage is a multi-billion dollar industry with entire armies of lobyists from Google, Apple, Tesla (probably) and who knows who else.
just in case you were wondering why it’s not already done.
You missed credit card companies/banks
And government agencies. They circumvent laws about citizen data privacy and situations where they would otherwise be required to have warrants by leveraging these third-party data brokers.
Flock Safety license plate readers
I truly believe that this will happen, too, as there has been a lot of uproar about this bullshit of data collection all over the world. Corporations are going too far with this even corrupt politicians now think it’s too much.