What does your smart car know about you?

In the last few years, auto makers and others have introduced devices to connect cars to the Internet and gather data about the vehicles activity, and auto insurers and local governments are just starting to require these devices. Charles Givre gives an overview of the security risks as well as the potential privacy invasions associated with this unique type of data collection.

In the last few years, auto makers and technology companies have introduced a variety of devices to connect cars to the Internet and use this connectivity to gather data about the vehicles’ activity, but these connected cars gather a considerable amount of data about their owners’ activities beyond what one might expect. In aggregate and combined with other datasets, this data represents a significant degradation of personal privacy as well as a potential security risk. As auto insurers and local governments start to require this data collection, consumers should be aware of the security risks as well as the potential privacy invasions associated with this unique type of data collection. In a follow-up to his 2015 session at Strata + Hadoop World NYC, Charles Givre examines data gathered from sensors in automobiles. Charles focuses on what kinds of data cars are gathering and asks critical questions about whether the benefits this data provides outweigh the risks and cost to personal privacy—the inevitable result of this data collection.