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The agency didn’t reveal whether instances of wrongdoing spurred the probe, but rather that it was looking at the auto industry as a whole. That stance is in contrast to prior investigations done by the California attorney general’s office—which also has privacy enforcement powers—such as one in January that alleged some mobile apps weren’t honoring opt-out requests. “They’re really showing that we’re going to be looking holistically at industries, not just responding to individual issues at specific companies,” Lyon said. With such an approach, the state privacy regulator could later turn its attention to other data-intensive industries even if there are no specific, concrete complaints, she said. Issues That May Be Looked AtPrivacy advocates insist that car companies have not been following California’s updated comprehensive privacy law.