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NY Times Article - A story about a driver finding out about how car manufacturers are collecting data from your car and selling it to insurance companies - resulting in higher premiums. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240311090514/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/technology/carmakers-driver-tracking-insurance.html Hill, Kashmir. "''Automakers Are Sharing Consumers' Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies''." The New York Times, March 11, 2024.] </ref>
NY Times story about a driver finding out how car manufacturers are collecting data from your car and selling it to insurance companies - resulting in higher premiums. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240311090514/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/technology/carmakers-driver-tracking-insurance.html Hill, Kashmir. "''Automakers Are Sharing Consumers' Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies''." The New York Times, March 11, 2024.] </ref>


Letter from Senators Wyden (D-OR) and Markey (D-MA). This letter requests that the FTC investigate auto manufacturers for deceiving customers, by turning over driving data without a warrant. <ref>[https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/signed_wyden_markey_letter_to_ftc_with_attachmentpdf.pdf Senator Wyden, Ron and Senator Edward J. Markey. ''<nowiki>Request that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigate several automobile manufacturers [...]</nowiki>''. Received by Honorable Lina M. Kahn, Federal Trade Commission. April 30, 2024.]</ref>
Letter from Senators Wyden (D-OR) and Markey (D-MA). This letter requests that the FTC investigate auto manufacturers for deceiving customers, by turning over driving data without a warrant. <ref>[https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/signed_wyden_markey_letter_to_ftc_with_attachmentpdf.pdf Senator Wyden, Ron and Senator Edward J. Markey. ''<nowiki>Request that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigate several automobile manufacturers [...]</nowiki>''. Received by Honorable Lina M. Kahn, Federal Trade Commission. April 30, 2024.]</ref>
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Letter from Senators Wyden (D-OR) and Markey (D-MA). This letter urges the FTC to investigate automakers' disclosure of driving data to data brokers. <ref>[https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden-markey_auto_privacy_letter_to_ftc.pdf Senator Wyden, Ron and Senator Edward J. Markey. ''<nowiki>Urg[ing] the [...] (FTC) to investigate automakers’ disclosure of [...] driving data to data brokers</nowiki>''. Received by Honorable Lina M. Kahn, Federal Trade Commission. July 26, 2024.]</ref>
Letter from Senators Wyden (D-OR) and Markey (D-MA). This letter urges the FTC to investigate automakers' disclosure of driving data to data brokers. <ref>[https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden-markey_auto_privacy_letter_to_ftc.pdf Senator Wyden, Ron and Senator Edward J. Markey. ''<nowiki>Urg[ing] the [...] (FTC) to investigate automakers’ disclosure of [...] driving data to data brokers</nowiki>''. Received by Honorable Lina M. Kahn, Federal Trade Commission. July 26, 2024.]</ref>


<ref>[https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/General%20Motors%20Original%20Petition%20Filestamped.pdf District Court of Montgomery County, Texas - 457th Judicial District Court. ''State of Texas v. General Motors LLC and OnStar LLC'', 24-08-12392. texasattorneygeneral.gov, 2024.]</ref>
Filing by the Texas Attorney General in the 457th Judicial District Court in Montgomery County, Texas, for violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices - Consumer Protection Act (DTPA) and Texas Business and Commerce Code sections 17.41-17.63. <ref>[https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/General%20Motors%20Original%20Petition%20Filestamped.pdf District Court of Montgomery County, Texas - 457th Judicial District Court. ''State of Texas v. General Motors LLC and OnStar LLC'', 24-08-12392. texasattorneygeneral.gov, 2024.]</ref>
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Revision as of 01:53, 15 January 2025

NY Times story about a driver finding out how car manufacturers are collecting data from your car and selling it to insurance companies - resulting in higher premiums. [1]

Letter from Senators Wyden (D-OR) and Markey (D-MA). This letter requests that the FTC investigate auto manufacturers for deceiving customers, by turning over driving data without a warrant. [2]

Letter from Senators Wyden (D-OR) and Markey (D-MA). This letter urges the FTC to investigate automakers' disclosure of driving data to data brokers. [3]

Filing by the Texas Attorney General in the 457th Judicial District Court in Montgomery County, Texas, for violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices - Consumer Protection Act (DTPA) and Texas Business and Commerce Code sections 17.41-17.63. [4]