Texas Sues GM for UnlawFulLy Collecting and Selling DriVers' PriVate Data [pdf]

Re:Texas Sues GM for UnlawFulLy Collecting and Selling Dri... by 0xbadcafebee on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @10:55PM (#41252771)

Ford tracks me and I'm happy about it. I even got a developer API key so I can write scripts that remotely lock and unlock my car doors, download my vehicle telemetry, etc. The "find-my-car" feature alone is worth it. As long as they don't sell my data (they don't) I'm all about it.

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Re:Texas Sues GM for UnlawFulLy Collecting and Selling Dri... by ReK_ on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @11:56PM (#41252986)

You sure about that?

> They also say they can share your personal information with dealers (there are lots of those around for sure), social media platforms, advertising companies, joint marketing partners, SIRIUS XM radio service, law enforcement, regulatory agencies, and other government agencies.

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/ford/

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Re:Texas Sues GM for UnlawFulLy Collecting and Selling Dri... by 0xbadcafebee on Thursday August 15, 2024 @01:34PM (#41258477)

Hmm.... so, I dug into the Ford privacy notices, and they do have a very thorough explanation of everything they collect and what it's used for. It does look like the Connected Vehicle information is sold to advertisers by default, but there is an opt-out. Disappointing :/

The YOUR STATE-SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS part of the Policy links to a form to exercise Consumer Rights, but of all the form options available, Opt Out isn't on the form :( I'm calling Ford now to try to open a ticket with their marketing/data privacy department to fix that.

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Re:Texas Sues GM for UnlawFulLy Collecting and Selling Dri... by Shocka1 on Friday August 16, 2024 @01:37PM (#41268518)

Is this satire?

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