Miguel Afonso Caetano#EVs #Surveillance #Privacy #DataProtection #Cars: "A modern connected car generates nearly 25 gigabytes of data per hour, per S&P Global Mobility, with that data ranging from location and driving history to even more sensitive personally identifiable information. That’s an unfathomably large amount of data to most of us given that even the flashiest, most picture-heavy PDF I can find on my hard drive is roughly 0.06% of that.
Many of the basic features you interact with in a newer car are an opportunity to collect data, including “embedded features including geolocation and navigation, companion apps, biometrics, voice recognition, on-board diagnostics and driver assistance,” notes S&P Mobility Senior Research Analyst Vivek Beriwal. “Additionally, cars can collect data in the background via cameras, microphones, sensors, and connected phones and apps.”
Some of the data collected by cars or included in connected systems’ terms of service may strike users as a bit creepy. In Honda’s vehicle data privacy notice, for example, the company says it collects precise vehicle location information at specific points in time that’s accurate to within a radius of 1,850 feet or less — precisely the kind of data that could be dangerous if the wrong person gains access to it. Modern Hondas can also store data on what you’ve searched for through the car’s infotainment system, recordings of vocal commands you’ve given the car, and call history information for any phones connected through the car’s systems (although call data and previous navigation destinations can be wiped through the infotainment system)."
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