An investigation by consumer advocacy group Choice found most of Australia’s popular car brands collect and share “driver data”, ranging from braking patterns to video footage.
Kia and Hyundai collect voice recognition data from inside their cars and sell it to an artificial intelligence software training company.
Privacy and consumer rights advocates are pushing for law reform to limit data collection to what is “fair and reasonable”.
I start my car before I leave the office so it’s nice and cool when I get to it. Or in winter, warm. EV charged via solar do don’t be scared about emissions.
Also it has GPS so you can see where your car is and what is doing - handy if it ever gets stolen I tell you what.