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'''[[wikipedia:Honda|Honda Motor Co., Ltd.]]''' is a Japanese auto manufacturer that has assembly plants | '''[[wikipedia:Honda|Honda Motor Co., Ltd.]]''' is a Japanese auto manufacturer that has assembly plants across the globe, including the subsidiary American Honda Motor Company, Inc. in the United States of America. Honda is also the parent company of Acura. | ||
Honda produces well established models such as the Accord, Civic, and CR-V, and is most known for their practicality and reliability at a price the average car buyer can afford. | |||
==Consumer impact summary== | ==Consumer impact summary== | ||
Consumers had their information collected, then sold off to a third party company called Verisk, without the consent of their consumers, in which Verisk then resold the collected data as "driver reports," which insurance companies utilized to increase the premiums of their customers. | |||
=Incidents= | =Incidents= | ||
Honda was named in the July 2024 [[Senators Wyden and Markey's letter]] to the FTC accusing them of selling customer data to third party [[Verisk]], who then resold the data in the form of "driver reports", which insurance companies used to increase customer's insurance premiums.<ref>https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden-markey_auto_privacy_letter_to_ftc.pdf</ref> | Honda was named in the July 2024 [[Senators Wyden and Markey's letter]] to the FTC accusing them of selling customer data to the third party company [[Verisk]], who then resold the data in the form of "driver reports", which insurance companies used to increase customer's insurance premiums.<ref>https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden-markey_auto_privacy_letter_to_ftc.pdf</ref> | ||
In January 2025, Honda had a Memorandum of Understanding to merge with [[Nissan]],<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20241223105115/https://cnbc.com/2024/12/23/honda-and-nissan-merger-talks.html/</ref> however Honda and Nissan was unable to make an agreement on the conditions of the merger, and the merger has since been canceled. | |||
In March 2025, Honda settled with the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) for violations, for which they payed a $632,500 fine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cppa.ca.gov/announcements/2025/20250312.html|title=Honda Settles With CPPA Over Privacy Violations|work=California Privacy Protection Agency|access-date=2025-03-20|date=2025-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250313145126/https://cppa.ca.gov/announcements/2025/20250312.html|archive-date=2025-03-13|url-status=live}}</ref> | In March 2025, Honda settled with the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) for privacy violations, for which they payed a $632,500 fine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cppa.ca.gov/announcements/2025/20250312.html|title=Honda Settles With CPPA Over Privacy Violations|work=California Privacy Protection Agency|access-date=2025-03-20|date=2025-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250313145126/https://cppa.ca.gov/announcements/2025/20250312.html|archive-date=2025-03-13|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
==Products== | ==Products== | ||
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| Founded | 1946 |
| Legal structure | Public |
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Official website | https://global.honda |
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is a Japanese auto manufacturer that has assembly plants across the globe, including the subsidiary American Honda Motor Company, Inc. in the United States of America. Honda is also the parent company of Acura.
Honda produces well established models such as the Accord, Civic, and CR-V, and is most known for their practicality and reliability at a price the average car buyer can afford.
Consumer impact summary[edit | edit source]
Consumers had their information collected, then sold off to a third party company called Verisk, without the consent of their consumers, in which Verisk then resold the collected data as "driver reports," which insurance companies utilized to increase the premiums of their customers.
Incidents[edit | edit source]
Honda was named in the July 2024 Senators Wyden and Markey's letter to the FTC accusing them of selling customer data to the third party company Verisk, who then resold the data in the form of "driver reports", which insurance companies used to increase customer's insurance premiums.[1]
In January 2025, Honda had a Memorandum of Understanding to merge with Nissan,[2] however Honda and Nissan was unable to make an agreement on the conditions of the merger, and the merger has since been canceled.
In March 2025, Honda settled with the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) for privacy violations, for which they payed a $632,500 fine.[3]
Products[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden-markey_auto_privacy_letter_to_ftc.pdf
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20241223105115/https://cnbc.com/2024/12/23/honda-and-nissan-merger-talks.html/
- ↑ "Honda Settles With CPPA Over Privacy Violations". California Privacy Protection Agency. 2025-03-12. Archived from the original on 2025-03-13. Retrieved 2025-03-20.