Automakers are collecting driving data from customers and quietly providing it to insurance companies, and the practice has resulted in some unassuming drivers seeing their coverage increased or even terminated due to the practice, a new report reveals.
It felt like a betrayal," Dahl told the newspaper. "They’re taking information that I didn’t realize was going to be shared and screwing with our insurance." The automakers and data brokers say they do not collect the information without customers' consent, but many consumers are unknowingly agreeing to the data collection when they sign off on disclosures without reading the fine print, the Times reported.
Modern cars are surveillance-machines on wheels souped-up with sensors, radars, cameras, telematics, and apps that can detect everything we do inside — even where and when we do it," the authors wrote. Mozilla suggested the practice of automakers sharing information with insurance companies may be optional now but could soon become "all-but-mandatory soon because of its widespread government support," but some lawmakers are pushing back. Following the report, Sen.
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