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USA: Senators telephone retired 3 automakers for collecting operator information & selling them for pennies
According to a media report, 2 US authorities senators person sent a missive to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), calling retired 3 automakers for collecting operator information and selling them to security companies for adjacent to nothing.
Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon and Senator Edward J Markey of Massachusetts called retired General Motors, Hyundai & Honda for collecting driving information of lawsuit vehicles. The missive goes connected to notation however the information collected (which includes accusation similar however accelerated a operator accelerated, however hard they braked and however often they went implicit the velocity limit) was past sold to security companies.
Oregon Senator besides was reportedly amazed astatine however small wealth automakers made from selling the operator data. As per the missive to the FTC, Honda sold 4-years of information from 97,000 cars for conscionable $25,920 - moving retired to conscionable 26 cents per car. Hyundai sold 6-years of information for $1 cardinal - with the per car magnitude being conscionable 61 cents. Sources claimed that General Motors sold information of 8 cardinal cars successful the "low millions of dollars".
Reports authorities that portion Hyundai collected information from immoderate conveyance connected to the internet, GM and Honda did springiness drivers a prime to opt-in for information collection. However, the senators assertion it was deceptive.
Source: NYTimes
