Connected Car
California’s privacy enforcement agency is investigating how car companies that collect personal data—a ballooning multibillion dollar industry—are complying with data privacy laws. “We’re glad the agency is using its authority to investigate how powerful car companies are collecting and using our personal information under the law. “Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, geolocation is considered personal information. The third-party acquisition of personal car data is also a problem. Consumer Watchdog investigated the personal data gold rush of the car industry in its 2022 report, “ Connected Cars and the Threat to Your Privacy.”