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==How it works==

Coming 7 July 2026 all new vehicles within the European Union have to contain cameras that monitor driver behavior and notify the driver accordingly in cases of improper driving conduct, something that had already taken place with M and N type vehicles from July 7th 2024 <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=European |first=Union |title=ADDW specifications |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=PI_COM:C(2023)4523 |url-status=live}}</ref> . This is on par with the goal EU had set to cut down on road accidents by halve compared to 2019<ref>{{Cite web |last=european |first=union |date=28 Oct 2021 |title=European Commission welcomes launch of Global Plan for the UN Decade of Action on Road Safety 2021-2030 |url=https://transport.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/european-commission-welcomes-launch-global-plan-un-decade-action-road-safety-2021-2030-2021-10-28_en |url-status=live}}</ref>. The cameras are ought to to monitor the drivers gaze, causing a case for a warning if its not directed at the specified areas that are defined in<ref name=":0" />(specifically points 3.3.1.1., 3.3.1.2., 3.3.1.3).

Coming 7 July 2026 all new vehicles within the European Union have to contain cameras that monitor driver behavior and notify the driver accordingly in cases of improper driving conduct, something that had already taken place with M and N type vehicles from July 7th 2024 <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=European |first=Union |title=ADDW specifications |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=PI_COM:C(2023)4523 |url-status=live}}</ref> . This is on par with the goal EU had set to cut down on road accidents by halve compared to 2019<ref>{{Cite web |last=european |first=union |date=28 Oct 2021 |title=European Commission welcomes launch of Global Plan for the UN Decade of Action on Road Safety 2021-2030 |url=https://transport.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/european-commission-welcomes-launch-global-plan-un-decade-action-road-safety-2021-2030-2021-10-28_en |url-status=live}}</ref>. The cameras are ought to monitor the drivers gaze, causing a case for a warning if its not directed at the specified areas that are defined in<ref name=":0" />(specifically points 3.3.1.1., 3.3.1.2., 3.3.1.3).

The legislation asserts that the data generated by the ADDW system, should be contained within a closed loop and not be made available to 3rd parties, in addition no data should be collected except that which is needed to perform the task, and the data must be deleted after processing<ref name=":0" />(article 6 clause 3).

==Why it is a problem==

'''Privacy concerns''' are a major issue with such legislation. Although the data falls under GDPR and the EU has established strong rules, serious questions remain. For instance, in the case of Tesla, employees were found sharing sensitive content from consumer vehicle cameras in private group chats <ref>{{Cite news |first= |date=7 Apr 2023 |title=Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-by-customer-cars-2023-04-06/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 8, 2023 |title=Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1746491 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=Apr 6, 2023 |title=Tesla workers shared images from car cameras, including “scenes of intimacy” |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/tesla-workers-shared-images-from-car-cameras-including-scenes-of-intimacy/ |url-status=live}}</ref>. Moreover, cars are already regarded as privacy hazards, with manufacturers often selling user information and exhibiting questionable security practices <ref>{{Cite news |date=Sep 6, 2023 |title=It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy |url=https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/ |work=mozilla foundation}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news |last=Katharine |first=Kemp |date=20 November 2024 |title=Modern cars are surveillance devices on wheels with major privacy risks – new report |url=https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2024/11/modern-cars-surveillance-devices-privacy-risks |url-status=live}}</ref>. Adding to this, [https://noyb.eu/en/about-us noyb] which is a "European Center for Digital Rights" reported that '''74.4% of companies''' fail to comply properly with GDPR guidelines<ref>{{Cite web |title=GDPR a culture of non-compliance? |url=https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2024-01/GDPR_a%20culture%20of%20non-compliance.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>. This raises doubts about how effectively the EU can enforce GDPR in the automotive sector, especially as the adoption of such technologies becomes widespread and affects citizens daily lives in the coming years.

'''Privacy concerns''' are a major issue with such legislation. Although the data falls under GDPR and the EU has established strong rules, serious questions remain. For instance, in the case of Tesla, employees were found sharing sensitive content from consumer vehicle cameras in private group chats <ref>{{Cite news |first= |date=7 Apr 2023 |title=Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-by-customer-cars-2023-04-06/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 8, 2023 |title=Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1746491 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=Apr 6, 2023 |title=Tesla workers shared images from car cameras, including “scenes of intimacy” |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/tesla-workers-shared-images-from-car-cameras-including-scenes-of-intimacy/ |url-status=live}}</ref>. Moreover, cars are already regarded as privacy hazards, with manufacturers often selling user information and exhibiting questionable security practices <ref>{{Cite news |date=Sep 6, 2023 |title=It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy |url=https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/ |work=mozilla foundation}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news |last=Katharine |first=Kemp |date=20 November 2024 |title=Modern cars are surveillance devices on wheels with major privacy risks – new report |url=https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2024/11/modern-cars-surveillance-devices-privacy-risks |url-status=live}}</ref>. Adding to this, [https://noyb.eu/en/about-us noyb] which is a "European Center for Digital Rights" reported that '''74.4% of avarage companies''' fail to comply properly with GDPR guidelines<ref>{{Cite web |title=GDPR a culture of non-compliance? |url=https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2024-01/GDPR_a%20culture%20of%20non-compliance.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>. This raises doubts about how effectively the EU can enforce GDPR in the automotive sector, especially as the adoption of such technologies becomes widespread and affects citizens daily lives in the coming years.

==References==

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 ==How it works==
-Coming 7 July 2026 all new vehicles within the European Union have to contain cameras that monitor driver behavior and notify the driver accordingly in cases of improper driving conduct, something that had already taken place with M and N type vehicles from July 7th 2024 <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=European |first=Union |title=ADDW specifications |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=PI_COM:C(2023)4523 |url-status=live}}</ref> . This is on par with the goal EU had set to cut down on road accidents by halve compared to 2019<ref>{{Cite web |last=european |first=union |date=28 Oct 2021 |title=European Commission welcomes launch of Global Plan for the UN Decade of Action on Road Safety 2021-2030 |url=https://transport.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/european-commission-welcomes-launch-global-plan-un-decade-action-road-safety-2021-2030-2021-10-28_en |url-status=live}}</ref>. The cameras are ought to to monitor the drivers gaze, causing a case for a warning if its not directed at the specified areas that are defined in<ref name=":0" />(specifically points 3.3.1.1., 3.3.1.2., 3.3.1.3).
+Coming 7 July 2026 all new vehicles within the European Union have to contain cameras that monitor driver behavior and notify the driver accordingly in cases of improper driving conduct, something that had already taken place with M and N type vehicles from July 7th 2024 <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=European |first=Union |title=ADDW specifications |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=PI_COM:C(2023)4523 |url-status=live}}</ref> . This is on par with the goal EU had set to cut down on road accidents by halve compared to 2019<ref>{{Cite web |last=european |first=union |date=28 Oct 2021 |title=European Commission welcomes launch of Global Plan for the UN Decade of Action on Road Safety 2021-2030 |url=https://transport.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/european-commission-welcomes-launch-global-plan-un-decade-action-road-safety-2021-2030-2021-10-28_en |url-status=live}}</ref>. The cameras are ought to monitor the drivers gaze, causing a case for a warning if its not directed at the specified areas that are defined in<ref name=":0" />(specifically points 3.3.1.1., 3.3.1.2., 3.3.1.3).
 The legislation asserts that the data generated by the ADDW system, should be contained within a closed loop and not be made available to 3rd parties, in addition no data should be collected except that which is needed to perform the task, and the data must be deleted after processing<ref name=":0" />(article 6 clause 3).
 ==Why it is a problem==
-'''Privacy concerns''' are a major issue with such legislation. Although the data falls under GDPR and the EU has established strong rules, serious questions remain. For instance, in the case of Tesla, employees were found sharing sensitive content from consumer vehicle cameras in private group chats <ref>{{Cite news |first= |date=7 Apr 2023 |title=Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-by-customer-cars-2023-04-06/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 8, 2023 |title=Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1746491 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=Apr 6, 2023 |title=Tesla workers shared images from car cameras, including “scenes of intimacy” |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/tesla-workers-shared-images-from-car-cameras-including-scenes-of-intimacy/ |url-status=live}}</ref>. Moreover, cars are already regarded as privacy hazards, with manufacturers often selling user information and exhibiting questionable security practices <ref>{{Cite news |date=Sep 6, 2023 |title=It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy |url=https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/ |work=mozilla foundation}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news |last=Katharine |first=Kemp |date=20 November 2024 |title=Modern cars are surveillance devices on wheels with major privacy risks – new report |url=https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2024/11/modern-cars-surveillance-devices-privacy-risks |url-status=live}}</ref>.  Adding to this,  [https://noyb.eu/en/about-us noyb] which is a "European Center for Digital Rights" reported that '''74.4% of companies''' fail to comply properly with GDPR guidelines<ref>{{Cite web |title=GDPR a culture of non-compliance? |url=https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2024-01/GDPR_a%20culture%20of%20non-compliance.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>. This raises doubts about how effectively the EU can enforce GDPR in the automotive sector, especially as the adoption of such technologies becomes widespread and affects citizens daily lives in the coming years.
+'''Privacy concerns''' are a major issue with such legislation. Although the data falls under GDPR and the EU has established strong rules, serious questions remain. For instance, in the case of Tesla, employees were found sharing sensitive content from consumer vehicle cameras in private group chats <ref>{{Cite news |first= |date=7 Apr 2023 |title=Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-by-customer-cars-2023-04-06/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 8, 2023 |title=Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1746491 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=Apr 6, 2023 |title=Tesla workers shared images from car cameras, including “scenes of intimacy” |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/tesla-workers-shared-images-from-car-cameras-including-scenes-of-intimacy/ |url-status=live}}</ref>. Moreover, cars are already regarded as privacy hazards, with manufacturers often selling user information and exhibiting questionable security practices <ref>{{Cite news |date=Sep 6, 2023 |title=It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy |url=https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/ |work=mozilla foundation}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news |last=Katharine |first=Kemp |date=20 November 2024 |title=Modern cars are surveillance devices on wheels with major privacy risks – new report |url=https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2024/11/modern-cars-surveillance-devices-privacy-risks |url-status=live}}</ref>.  Adding to this,  [https://noyb.eu/en/about-us noyb] which is a "European Center for Digital Rights" reported that '''74.4% of avarage companies''' fail to comply properly with GDPR guidelines<ref>{{Cite web |title=GDPR a culture of non-compliance? |url=https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2024-01/GDPR_a%20culture%20of%20non-compliance.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>. This raises doubts about how effectively the EU can enforce GDPR in the automotive sector, especially as the adoption of such technologies becomes widespread and affects citizens daily lives in the coming years.
 ==References==