Controversy over car data
The data generated by drivers arouse great desire. The federal government wants to protect this data with a trustee and is encountering resistance from the manufacturers with its plan. Because the trustee project involves a large number of conflicting interests and unanswered questions. This includes the availability of car data for accident investigation as well as the question of whether car manufacturers and suppliers will be forced to share the fruits of their software development with third-party companies in the future. The manufacturers’ counter-proposal amounts to leaving car data in the care of the industry and setting up a “trust center” to guarantee its integrity. The vehicle owners would then have to give their consent to the external use of the vehicle data for a specific purpose.
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