Automakers Sold Driver Data for Pennies, Senators Say | Ron Wyden and Edward Markey urged the F.T.C. to investigate how car companies handled the data from millions of car owners.
This is timely in light of JD Vance's comments about wanting to surveil the body of every woman in America. I just dropped a new investigation into car companies selling off your private location data to shady data brokers. The case for federal privacy legislation has never been stronger.
At some point, that car won't be cost-effective to repair, and you'll want to replace it. Be a lot better to have strong privacy legislation in place when that happens.
Headline makes it sound like the senators previously urged the FTC but were ignored.
Two things:
1: The “urging” mentioned took place today.
2:
In March, the F.T.C., which is responsible for policing unfair and deceptive business practices, solicited reports from consumers about the issue, but an agency spokeswoman said she couldn’t comment on whether the agency is investigating.