Cars take place with PCs and smartphones as threat to privacy

An Acura RLX equipped with autonomous vehicle technology slows to avoid a pedestrian in a sidewalk as it is demonstrated at the former Concord Naval Weapons Station on June 1, 2016 in Concord, Calif.(Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group/TNS)

SAN JOSE, California: You probably know that you should delete all the data off your phone before you give it away and wipe the hard drive on your computer before you sell it. 

But have you considered all the data stored on your car, and what you should do with it when you get rid of the vehicle? Maybe not.