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Connected vehicles: CNIL’s consultation promotes driver’s consent over fraud and car theft

Hogan Lovells on 3/31/2025

The French Data Protection Authority launches a public consultation on location data of connected vehicles, until May 20, 2025. This work will shape future regulations regarding the use of location data and its impact on...more

Tesla’s Sentry Mode is a privacy violation on wheels

Spirit Legal on 2/8/2023

The article highlights the privacy concerns surrounding the use of cameras in monitoring public spaces and how these issues are particularly relevant in Europe, where privacy is a fundamental aspect of the legal culture. The...more

Does Vehicle Service Data “Relate to an Identifiable Individual?” Finland DPA Says It’s Complicated

Fox Rothschild LLP on 6/17/2022

Does vehicle service data for services performed on a vehicle while owned by a previous owner belong to the new owner and need to be provided as part of a GDPR Access request?...more

Gesetz zum autonomen Fahren – Haftung, Datenschutz und Co.

Hogan Lovells on 7/14/2021

Der Bundesrat hat am 28. Mai 2021 dem vom Bundestag am 20. Mai 2021 verabschiedeten "Gesetz zum autonomen Fahren" (BT-Drucksache 19/27439) zugestimmt und damit die Voraussetzungen für den Einsatz von Kraftfahrzeugen mit...more

How much can your car know about you? – EU guidelines on data protection and connected vehicles

Hogan Lovells on 3/24/2021

Cars today are able to keep us permanently plugged-in, while collecting and generating increasing amounts of information as a result of their interaction with the driver, passengers, pedestrians, other vehicles, road...more

More data, more risk: The automotive industry rethinks its privacy strategies

Hogan Lovells on 11/18/2020

As the risk of ransomware attacks and data breaches continues to escalate, it’s also raising greater concerns about data privacy. The automotive industry has been steadily increasing the amount of data it collects from car...more

EU Privacy Regulators Issue Draft Guidelines on Connected Vehicles and Mobility Applications

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 3/10/2020

On February 7, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published draft guidelines on the processing of personal data in the context of connected vehicles and mobility related applications. If adopted in their current...more

Blockchain May Solve Privacy Problem

Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/14/2020

With the advent of artificial intelligence and the ubiquity of the internet of things (IoT), at some point customers may be able to drive into a dealership for tire and rim repairs with minimal wait time and an automated...more

How Will Brexit Affect the GDPR’s Governance Over the UK's Auto Industry?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/21/2019

Since the referendum to leave the EU rocked the UK in 2016, commentators, privacy personnel, and corporate officers alike have been speculating as to how Brexit will affect Britain’s subjugation to the General Data Protection...more

Global AV and EV Regulatory Approaches in Focus Recently at Frankfurt Roundtable

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/28/2018

Given the pace of change in the automotive industry and related technologies, combined with increasing regulatory scrutiny and recent developments in trade and M&A, there are several risks and challenges the global automotive...more

Straight Talks: Data privacy and cybersecurity in the age of rolling smart devices

Hogan Lovells on 5/10/2018

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was created in 1970 to safeguard the environment against pollutants. The tidal wave of environmental regulations that followed impacted every industry in the United States, especially...more

Should we regulate artificial intelligence?

Hogan Lovells on 10/23/2017

Hogan Lovells partner Winston Maxwell spoke on October 12, 2017 at a conference on artificial intelligence organized by the French think tank “Le Club des Juristes”. What follows is an English version of his prepared remarks....more

Connected Cars “Compliance Package” at the Forefront

K&L Gates LLP on 10/20/2017

On October 17, after about 18 months of waiting, a consultation involving more than 20 players, and two intermediate versions, the French Data Protection Authority (“Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés” or...more

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