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Re:Automakers Are Sharing Consumers' Driving Behavior with I... by EwanToo on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @06:18PM (#39698264)
The car company can share the details based on the chassis VIN number rather than driver details.

Then the insurance company grabs the vehicle registration number when you ask for a quote and looks up the VIN on their side based on a security database to prevent resale of stolen cars or similar.

Anonymous data becomes identifiable data...

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Re:Automakers Are Sharing Consumers' Driving Behavior with I... by wolverine876 on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @06:58PM (#39698600)
> The car company can share the details based on the chassis VIN number rather than driver details.

That's hardly anonymized data! It's more obscured.

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