Putting The Brake On Who Can See Your Car's Data Trail

lotuseclat79 · Jan 31, 2014

Putting The Brake On Who Can See Your Car's Data Trail.

-- Tom

TheWindBringeth · Jan 31, 2014

This site appears to have some reasonably up to date info regarding US state level regulations:

http://www.ncsl.org/research/teleco...rivacy-of-data-from-event-data-recorders.aspx

Fourteen states--Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington--have enacted legislation relating to event data recorders. Among other provisions, these states provide that data collected from a motor vehicle event data recorder may only be downloaded with the consent of the vehicle owner, with certain exceptions.
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Glancing over the table, I notice the "to diagnose, service, or repair the vehicle" and "vehicle safety research" exceptions again and again. I don't have the time to investigate how those are defined in each case, and what if any enforcements are proposed. In general though, those types of exceptions could be or become massive loopholes.

PaulyDefran · Jan 31, 2014

I've got about 15 more years to live I guess. Any "new" car will be from the early 2K's

TheWindBringeth · Feb 4, 2014

Related enough I suppose...

Government wants you to broadcast your driving data—eventually
http://arstechnica.com/information-...ou-to-broadcast-your-driving-data-eventually/

The US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced that it’s finally ready to consider regulations that might require “light vehicles” to communicate with each other about their speed, direction of travel, and location in order to prevent collisions.
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The emerging V2V standard, which Ars recently looked at in depth, is based on a broadcast networking protocol similar to those used by Wi-Fi networks, GPS geolocation technology, and in-car sensors that detect rate of turn, braking, and other movement data. V2V-equipped cars continuously broadcast information in what's sort of a digital version of the swimming pool game Marco Polo, warning drivers if another vehicle’s broadcasts show a risk of a collision.
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lotuseclat79 · Feb 4, 2014

U.S. officials give green light to new vehicular communications technology.

-- Tom

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