[Summerlin Bob]

The discussion of privacy on the Insurance thread reminded me that I have an interesting article from Consumer Reports on "What Your Car Sees". I hope that some of you may find this interesting since it is the future of vehicles and that future is in many instances now.

 

[ElectricPony]

It's mind blowing just how much information are vehicles process these days. I really hope somethings gets put in place to prevent data getting sold to third parties but that's wishful thinking.

 

[Summerlin Bob]

I remember when I was unhappy to learn that BMW had "quietly" installed black boxes over a decade ago. I hold little hope that anything will be done to curtail data collection and the resulting algorithms that will shape our lives.

 

[zhackwyatt]

Here's the way I look at it.
I'm OK with:

• Ford using usage and data to make their products better.

I'm not OK with:

• Ford storing the date in a way that allows a court order to obtain detailed information on everything they know about me.
• Selling non-anonymized data. The key here is how it is anonymized.

 

[Summerlin Bob]

If there any insurance company litigators on the forum, I would be curious to know when a claim is filed in an accident that goes to trial is cell phone usage time data or black box data (eg. speed at time of incident) introduced into court records

 

[Diogenes]

GDPR, while an an imperfect implementation, IMO is a good idea in the right direction. I am hoping that the US could pass similar regulation(s).

 

[ElectricPony]

If there any insurance company litigators on the forum, I would be curious to know when a claim is filed in an accident that goes to trial is cell phone usage time data or black box data (eg. speed at time of incident) introduced into court records

I switched insurance providers and they tried to sneak in me using their app as part of my plan. When I told them I wanted to opt out the guy seemed so surprised, it was pretty funny.