As cars get smarter, user data has also become more important. It turned out that some brands that offer special assistants and multimedia options to users are not as innocent as it seems. Firefox’s developer, Mozilla, has listed the car brands to stay away from.
Mozilla: 25 automakers are using your data without permission
A new report by the Mozilla Foundation has shown that many major automakers collect and sell sensitive personal data from drivers without permission. The report found that 25 major auto brands failed to adequately protect consumer privacy.
According to the report, automobile manufacturers; It can collect health diagnoses, facial expressions and genetic data through on-board sensors, cameras and apps. More than half of manufacturers even share consumer data with government officials.
According to the report shared by the foundation, Nissan is one of the scariest companies when it comes to security. Allegedly, the company uses an algorithm that makes assessments about a driver’s “characteristics, psychological tendencies, behaviors, attitudes, and abilities.” User profiles are then sold to third-party companies.
Other manufacturers included giants such as Kia, GM, Ford and Hyundai. Also, Tesla is scaring its customers by saying that disabling data collection will “make vehicles inoperable.”
“Nissan and Tesla’s privacy policy is one of the most surprising things I’ve ever read,” said Jen Caltrider, executive director of the Mozilla Foundation. They don’t even hesitate to say that they can collect all these,” he said.
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