Tesla camera concerns spur China to review car data regulations

A camera is seen on the body of a Tesla electric vehicle (EV) in Shanghai, China. Tesla’s electric cars were banned from Chinese military complexes and housing compounds in March because of concerns about sensitive data being collected by cameras and sensors built into the vehicles. — Reuters

China is considering new regulations that would require data collected by intelligent cars to be stored in the country, a move triggered by recent concerns that cameras in Tesla Inc vehicles can be used for spying, according to people familiar with the matter.

The draft regulation was published on a government portal on April 29 and is open for public comment until May 15. It proposes mandating that any information collected from a car’s external cameras, such as location data or images of buildings or roads, be stored in China.