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California’s newly formed privacy regulator said Monday it is looking at data-privacy practices of connected vehicles, as today’s cars are “computers on wheels.”
The California Privacy Protection Agency said that its enforcement division is seeking to understand how car makers are complying to state privacy laws as they relate to several “common” features in cars such as location sharing, web-based entertainment, smartphone integration and cameras.
“Data-privacy considerations are critical because these vehicles often automatically gather consumers’ locations, personal preferences and details about their daily lives,” the regulators said.
“Modern vehicles are effectively connected computers on wheels. They’re able to collect a wealth of information via built-in apps, sensors and cameras, which can monitor people both inside and near the vehicle,” CPPA’s director Ashkan Soltani said in a statement.
The agency was created in 2020 and it is the first such data-protection authority in the U.S.
