Mozilla reveals: As cars get smarter, user data has also become more important. It turned out that some brands that offer special assistants and multimedia options to users are not as innocent as it seems. Firefox’s developer Mozilla, car to avoid listed the brands.
Mozilla: 25 automakers are using your data without permission
A new report by the Mozilla Foundation has shown that many major automakers collect and sell sensitive personal data from drivers without permission. Report, 25 major car brands found that it failed to adequately protect consumer privacy.
According to the report, automobile manufacturers; in vehicles sensors, cameras and applications It can collect health diagnoses, facial expressions and genetic data. More than half of manufacturers even share consumer data with government officials.
According to the report shared by the foundation, one of the scariest companies in security Nissan. Allegedly, the company uses an algorithm that makes assessments about a driver’s “characteristics, psychological tendencies, behaviors, attitudes, and abilities.” User profiles are then sold to third-party companies.
Among other manufacturers Kia, GM, Ford And Hyundai giants such as Moreover Teslascares its customers by saying that disabling data collection will “make tools inoperable.”
“Nissan and Tesla’s privacy policy is one of the most surprising things I’ve ever read,” said Jen Caltrider, executive director of the Mozilla Foundation. They don’t even hesitate to say that they can collect all these,” he said.
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