Spyware on Wheels: Is Your Car Sharing—Even Selling—Your Personal Data?

A new report on Australia’s 15 most popular car brands reveals extensive privacy concerns, including unauthorised sharing with third parties.
Spyware on Wheels: Is Your Car Sharing—Even Selling—Your Personal Data?
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Rex Widerstrom
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Want to find out what information your internet-connected car is collecting about you and your passengers, and sending back to the overseas manufacturer—and possibly to third parties?

Some carmakers make it hard to find out. In one case, understanding the data policies required reading over 40,000 words spread across five documents.

Rex Widerstrom
Rex Widerstrom
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Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.
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