Your car might be secretly recording every drive you take — and sending data to your insurance company

Mon, 03/11/2024 - 13:38

A car moving down the highway with electric fields surrounding it, to suggest spying. — Some cars are sending signals with information about your driving to services that then sell that data to insurance companies.
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Connected-car services might be sharing your data with insurance companies.
Drivers told The New York Times about massive reports on their driving habits.
GM's OnStar Smart Driver program is a focus of the report.

Your driving habits aren't as private as you think they are, according to a recent report from The New York Times.

Internet-connected vehicles can gather data on driving habits, including hard braking and rapid accelerations, and share that information with the data broker LexisNexis, which works with insurance companies to create personalized coverage.