Privacy Not Included: No car companies at all respect user privacy

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/

Interesting read, they reviewed 25 car manufacturers and ALL of them failed for privacy protections. And the only two that even did remotely well are only sold in Europe. Which...implies that companies that sell outside of Europe are intentionally packaging this software into cars sold outside of Europe and removing it from ones sold inside Europe (or else they'd run afoul of the much better laws in the EU)?

If you get no other take-away from the article: Do NOT have sex in a Nissan!

Tesla (shocker) and Nissan scored the absolute worst.

I wish they had listed out the six companies that explicitly say they can collect your "genetic information", I don't feel like clicking thru 25 individual reviews to find that.

Nissan earned its second-to-last spot for collecting some of the creepiest categories of data we have ever seen. Its worth reading the review in full, but you should know it includes your sexual activity . Not to be out done, Kia also mentions they can collect information about your sex life in their privacy policy. Oh, and six car companies say they can collect your genetic information or genetic characteristics. Yes, reading car privacy policies is a scary endeavor.

I guess also don't have sex in a Kia.

Every company collects every piece of information about you. You get used to it after long enough.

streamofthesky posted...

Not to be out done, Kia also mentions they can collect information about your sex life in their privacy policy.

This can't be true . . . *Goes to the Kia site* . . . Whoa. Direct quote.