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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months ago

Automakers Sold Driver Data for Pennies, Senators Say

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Automakers Sold Driver Data for Pennies, Senators Say

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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months ago

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Ron Wyden and Edward Markey urged the F.T.C. to investigate how car companies handled the data from millions of car owners.

https://archive.is/tc2xB

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Link to the letter Senator Ron Wyden sent to the US FTC:

https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden-markey_auto_privacy_letter_to_ftc.pdf

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