Automakers agree on measures to secure data generated by cars


  • TECH
  • Friday, 14 Nov 2014

SETTING A STANDARD: The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Association of Global Automakers have agreed on privacy standards for the potentially huge amounts of data generated by computers in modern cars.

BOSTON: Two US-based groups representing some of the world's biggest automakers have agreed on privacy standards for securing vast quantities of data generated by the dozens of tiny computers and tracking systems used in modern vehicles. 

"Automakers pledge to provide protections for sensitive information that goes beyond similar principles in other industry sectors," Mitch Bainwol, chief executive officer of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, said in a statement. 

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