Companies selling connected cars must not monetize data beyond what's necessary for the service. Executives' desires for recurring revenue should not override privacy safeguards, per FTC.
Connected cars have raised privacy concerns due to vulnerabilities like easily hackable APIs and misuse of data, highlighted by incidents involving automakers like General Motors.
A Mozilla report in 2023 labeled connected cars as the worst product for privacy, pointing out a lack of adequate policies from automakers in handling data from these vehicles.
The FTC's Office of Technology aims to caution the industry on the implications of monetizing data from connected cars without proper privacy protections, emphasizing years of monitoring this space.
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