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Although the data falls under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the EU has established strong rules, the question remains how effectively the EU can enforce GDPR in the automotive sector, especially as these technologies become more widespread and are used on a daily basis.
Although the data falls under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the EU has established strong rules, the question remains how effectively the EU can enforce GDPR in the automotive sector, especially as these technologies become more widespread and are used on a daily basis.


Based on past incidents, these concerns are well-founded. For example, in the case of Tesla, employees were found sharing sensitive content from consumer vehicle cameras in private group chats<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stecklow |first=Steve |last2=Cunningham |first2=Waylon |last3=Jin |first3=Hyunjoo |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 |access-date=28 Jul 2025 |work=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=8 Apr 2023 |title=Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1746491 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260104124032/https://www.dawn.com/news/1746491 |archive-date=2026-01-04 |access-date=28 Jul 2025 |work=Dawn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Brodkin |first=John |date=6 Apr 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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250830115126/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/tesla-workers-shared-images-from-car-cameras-including-scenes-of-intimacy/ |archive-date=2025-08-30 |access-date=28 Jul 2025 |work=ArsTechnica}}</ref>.
Based on past incidents, these concerns are well-founded. For example, in the case of Tesla, employees were found sharing sensitive content from consumer vehicle cameras in private group chats<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stecklow |first=Steve |last2=Cunningham |first2=Waylon |last3=Jin |first3=Hyunjoo |date=7 Apr 2023 |editor-last=Hirschberg |editor-first=Peter |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 |archive-url=https://archive.ph/0L5zE |archive-date=2025-02-15 |access-date=28 Jul 2025 |work=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=8 Apr 2023 |title=Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1746491 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260104124032/https://www.dawn.com/news/1746491 |archive-date=2026-01-04 |access-date=28 Jul 2025 |work=Dawn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Brodkin |first=John |date=6 Apr 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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250830115126/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/tesla-workers-shared-images-from-car-cameras-including-scenes-of-intimacy/ |archive-date=2025-08-30 |access-date=28 Jul 2025 |work=ArsTechnica}}</ref>.


Moreover, cars are already regarded as privacy hazards, with manufacturers often selling user information and exhibiting questionable security practices<ref>{{Cite news |last=Caltrider |first=Jen |last2=Rykov |first2=Misha |last3=MacDonald |first3=Zoë |date=6 Sep 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/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250804133419/https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/ |archive-date=2025-08-04 |access-date=28 Jul 2025 |work=Mozilla Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Katharine |first=Kemp |date=20 Nov 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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250713111557/https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2024/11/modern-cars-surveillance-devices-privacy-risks |archive-date=2025-07-13 |access-date=28 Jul 2025 |work=unsw.edu.au}}</ref>.
Moreover, cars are already regarded as privacy hazards, with manufacturers often selling user information and exhibiting questionable security practices<ref>{{Cite news |last=Caltrider |first=Jen |last2=Rykov |first2=Misha |last3=MacDonald |first3=Zoë |date=6 Sep 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/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250804133419/https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/ |archive-date=2025-08-04 |access-date=28 Jul 2025 |work=Mozilla Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Katharine |first=Kemp |date=20 Nov 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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250713111557/https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2024/11/modern-cars-surveillance-devices-privacy-risks |archive-date=2025-07-13 |access-date=28 Jul 2025 |work=unsw.edu.au}}</ref>.