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”.
Scuttlebutt is that some Luxury and Prestige Manufacturers refused to support Android Auto initially because Google was demanding not only customer data but also vehicle telemetry and performance data. CarPlay was supported though.
The rumoured manufacturers all support Android Auto now so maybe Google changed their contracts.