One of the major sellers of detailed driver behavioral data is shutting down (arstechnica.com)
from otter@lemmy.ca to privacy@lemmy.ca on 15 Jun 2024 05:02
https://lemmy.ca/post/23203475

cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/34636917

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autotldr@lemmings.world on 15 Jun 2024 05:05 next collapse

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Verisk, which had collected data from cars made by General Motors, Honda, and Hyundai, has stopped receiving that data, according to The Record, a news site run by security firm Recorded Future.

While the data was purportedly coming from an opt-in “Smart Driver” program in GM cars, many customers reported having no memory of opting in to the program or believing that dealership salespeople activated it themselves or rushed them through the process.

GM quickly announced a halt to data sharing in late March, days after the Times’ reporting sparked considerable outcry.

GM had been sending data to both Verisk and LexisNexis Risk Solutions, the latter of which is not signaling any kind of retreat from the telematics pipeline.

LexisNexis’ telematics page shows logos for carmakers Kia, Mitsubishi, and Subaru.

Disclosure of GM’s stealthily authorized data sharing has sparked numerous lawsuits, investigations from California and Texas agencies, and interest from Congress and the Federal Trade Commission.


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schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business on 15 Jun 2024 05:25 next collapse

Oh no, what a loss.

Daxtron2@startrek.website on 15 Jun 2024 05:45 next collapse

Think of the poor shareholders!!

Scheisser@sh.itjust.works on 15 Jun 2024 06:59 next collapse

Now do the same to LexisNexis and the rest

Beaver@lemmy.ca on 15 Jun 2024 07:48 next collapse

Good! Keep boycotting those terrible legacy automakers who refuse physical buttons and electrifying their product lines.

RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world on 15 Jun 2024 13:03 next collapse

GM quickly announced a halt to data sharing in late March, days after the Times’ reporting sparked considerable outcry. GM had been sending data to both Verisk and LexisNexis Risk Solutions, the latter of which is not signaling any kind of retreat from the telematics pipeline.

LexisNexis’ telematics page shows logos for carmakers Kia, Mitsubishi, and Subaru.

sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works on 16 Jun 2024 20:11 next collapse

Dang, I was considering getting a Subaru, but I guess I’ll reconsider.

Mango@lemmy.world on 16 Jun 2024 21:35 next collapse

Think they’ll honor it?

RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world on 17 Jun 2024 03:42 collapse

It depends on if customers punish the remaining sellers

i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de on 17 Jun 2024 00:11 collapse

Not good enough. GM has no legitimate business collecting the data to begin with.

Anticorp@lemmy.world on 16 Jun 2024 02:57 collapse

Good. Get fucked in hell!