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!).’ Concerningly, the report provides ‘Twenty two of the car brands (88% of the ones we looked at) mentioned creating inferences — assumptions about you based on other data. And nine of those companies (39%) said specifically that they might sell them to third parties.’ Included in the report is an extract from Tesla’s Terms of Service, “if you no longer wish for us to collect vehicle data or any other data from your Tesla vehicle, please contact us to deactivate connectivity. Please note, certain advanced features such as over-the-air updates, remote services, and interactivity with mobile applications and in-car features such as location search, Internet radio, voice […]