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Privacy, telematics and right-to-repair surface as lawmakers weigh data protections for today’s and autonomous cars
Summary
Members raised concerns about vehicle data collection, law-enforcement access and the need for a federal privacy framework. Separately, Congressmen discussed right-to-repair legislation to preserve independent repair options as vehicles become software-defined.
Privacy and repair rights were recurring themes at the hearing as members and witnesses pressed vehicle manufacturers and AV representatives about data collection, law-enforcement access and independent repair.
John Bozzella of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation acknowledged that modern vehicles collect sensitive data and said the industry embraced voluntary privacy principles introduced in 2014 emphasizing transparency, context and…
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