In December 2024, we highlighted the privacy risks arising from cars examined by Dr Katherine Kemp in her report, ‘Driving Blind: The Unexamined Privacy Risks of Connected Cars’ (access here). Reports in Carscoop and Spiegel on 27 December 2024, revealed that movement data of 800,000 electric cars and contact information […]
Cars and Privacy Risks
Privacy Risks of Connected Cars
Associate Professor Katherine Kemp, UNSW Law & Justice has published the first in-depth analysis of privacy terms relevant to connected cars in Australia with highly concerning findings. These are set out in the report and include that manufacturers, importers and dealers in many cases: fail to appreciate the seriousness […]
What’s happening with data from your car?
In the US, Mozilla released a report last week that examined the terms of service for 25 car companies and the types of data being collected. The report states, ‘they can collect information about how much money you make, your immigration status, race, genetic information, and sexual activity (it’s in there!).’ […]
