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Leon Poultney

Car giants are reportedly selling your driving data to insurers – and regulators could step in

Smart Car.

We've already reported that many of the most popular cars on the road are absolute privacy nightmares, while it is well-known that the modern Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) is busy transmitting data to its manufacturer at a shocking rate.

But two US senators, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, have conducted a recent investigation that lifts the lid on the sort of driver data exchanging hands and the measly sums it is sold for.

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