These are the data options:

They are not exactly addressing anything about the vehicle gathering data… only what happens to that data.

There is a difference between gathering data and what happens to that data…

Just FYI.


4. Your Privacy Rights.* Please select at least 1

Right to Know (Tell me what personal information you collect, process, sell and share)

Right to Opt Out (Do not sell or share my personal information with third parties)

Right to be Forgotten (Delete my personal information subject to certain exceptions)

Right to Limit the Use and Disclosure of My Sensitive Personal Information (Limit the use of my sensitive personal information to that which is necessary or reasonably expected)

Right to Correct (Correct inaccuracies in my personal information)

Right to Appeal (I would like to appeal the decision Subaru of America has taken regarding my request)

 

If you believe they will actually not do those things...

 

IMO, your vehicle is only a minor way data may/is collected on you. There are so many other avenues of data collection nowadays, and vehicle telemetry is just a fraction of the number of methods. Some of those methods can be partially controlled by the individual… many others are totally outside the individual’s control.

This has been addressed and bludgeoned in other prior threads, so I won’t rehash the topic here.

It’s just a safe bet to say the “Personal Data Privacy Ship” sailed a few decades ago…

 

If others just want to throw their hands up, that's fine but nothing wrong with those trying to mitigate the proliferation of their data in various databases, sites, etc. Yeah, you're never going to scrub it all and there are no guarantees those that are supposed to will. The OP was simply providing a PSA re: Subaru's collection of info likely in light of the recent news articles on the subject.

Thanks for sharing @zcrow . I'm not excessively worried about such things at this point but when pointed in the direction of another possible way to limit what others collect or share on me, I usually take it.

 

As far as the insurance companies, it doesn't even matter if they have personal information. If you live where the bulk of drivers are constantly driving above the speed limit, braking hard, the VDC is working overtime, they are going to use that data and screw you on your rates, even if you have a perfect record.

You are driving your vehicle in a high risk area.

 

I agree with @Kean… There's absolutely no reason to not opt out of data collection when the option is available… and I indeed do that very thing myself.

The issue is, however, the actual gathering of that data. It’s being collected all the time, so all one is really doing is opting out of data retention.

There’s a difference between the two, and that’s what I was pointing out. And, that’s significant.

We live in a data driven world today, and there’s no escaping it.

 

If you are really concerned about what they do with the data, then don't subscribe to Starlink/OnStar, etc, and pull power from the cellular unit so data cannot be easily transmitted.
That only leaves the service department to download data. Whether or not they will sell the data is another matter.

I suspect if enough people did that, which probably won't happen, the insurance and other entities would lobby to make it a criminal act.

After all, they are only violating your driving privileges, not your rights. They could easily use traffic patterns, road use data, safety, you name it, to justify tracking vehicles.

 

If folks don’t like what’s going on in the data gathering department in vehicles today, just imagine what data will be collected if (I stress the word IF…) self-driving vehicles ever actually hit the road…

 

The future is much more sinister.

Tech that aims to read your mind and probe your memories is already here

We need new rules to protect our cognitive liberty, says futurist and legal ethicist Nita Farahany.

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