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- A new study found many car companies can collect and sell your personal data, sparking privacy concerns.
- Carmakers like Nissan could know your race, sexual orientation, health, and immigration status.
- Most of the companies surveyed do not give users the option to have their information deleted.
BOSTON (AP) — Cars are getting an "F" in data privacy. Most major manufacturers admit they may be selling your personal information, a new study finds, with half also saying they would share it with the government or law enforcement without a court order.
The proliferation of sensors in automobiles — from telematics to fully digitized control consoles — has made them prodigious data-collection hubs.