According to a media report, a federal judge dismissed an appeal to bring back a class-action lawsuit against four carmakers for allegedly violating Washington state’s privacy law. As per reports, the carmakers allegedly used their vehicle’s onboard infotainment system to record text messages and call logs of the customer.<\/p>\n
As per reports, the judge ruled that this practice doesn’t meet the threshold of illegal privacy violation. The judge stated that interception and recording of mobile phone activity did not meet the Washington Privacy Act’s standards. The judge went on to mention that the plaintiff must prove that “his or her business, person or reputation” has been threatened.<\/p>\n
As per a Mozilla researcher, car companies can collect data points which include the customer’s social security number, religion, marital status, genetic information, disability status, immigration status & race. Further, these data points are allowed to be sold to marketers.<\/p>\n
The Mozilla research team even went on to state, “Cars are the worst product category we have ever reviewed for privacy.”<\/p>\n