Ford Won't Sell Your Data, and Yes, You Can Still Make Your Smart Car Dumb Again

Because you’re always in control of this data-sharing process, you can block connected vehicle data from leaving your vehicle.

“However, in doing so, some features like BlueCruise, Internet connectivity, and vehicle location data on the app will not be usable,” Ford says.

In other words, you’re going to lose all the new-generation features, turning your brand-new Ford into a dumb car again.

“We never sell data about how you drive your vehicle to data brokers,” the carmaker says.

If you block the data sharing, you’ll have to do all of that online or directly with a dealer.