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Carmakers are failing the privacy test. Owners have little to no control of the data they hand over (www.ctvnews.ca)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wtf. Genetic information. So they can take your DNA after bringing your car in for service and sell it?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You joke, but I could see some bean counting fuck being all over that business idea

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I was not joking at all - this is exactly what their legal stance is. I agree someone at Nissan is very likely thinking about how to make money with this.