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California’s privacy regulator will investigate what car companies do with the data they collect.
The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) is gearing up to make automakers’ data collection its first target since the agency’s inception in 2020.
CPPA executive director Ashkan Soltani said in the regulator’s release that modern, connected vehicles can gather a “wealth of information” about people in or near them, and the agency wants to know what they’re doing with that data:
“Our Enforcement Division is making inquiries into the connected vehicle space to understand how these companies are complying with California law when they collect and use consumers’ data,” Soltani said.
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