Do you delete your personal data from your car prior to selling it?
I was watching Naomi Brockwell TV which goes into some of the details.
How many of you actively do this prior to selling your car?
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that cars collect all of this data, but it is not something I had really thought much about.
Add this to your pre-sale checklist for the next car you sell.
What car do you drive op?
Datsun 180b
If its a google mobile itll know more about the driver fhan the driver does.
Model T
What car do you drive op?
Thanks for asking. Cheers.
Why would anyone even be watching that channel.
Instructions on how to best fit your foil hat?
"Sometimes essentially download full copy of your phone" š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£
because she looks like a screamer
I dont store addresses in my car nav system. What other data does it have?
If you dont own a tesla mobile data miner theres not a lot of your info in your car.
The only "personal data" my car collects can be wet vac'd from the drivers seat….š
Delete all preset radio stations from my 2002 Camry, remove old tissue boxes from rear parcel shelf and remove lip balms from centre console.
Delete all dents that can be linked to MS Paint diagrams, of accidents, on OzBargain.
That 02 Camry will eventually give up the ghost, so something to look forward to for your next car.
There's nothing to look forward to. Early 2000s cars were the pinnacle of motoring.
Don't forget to remove the hat from the rear shelf and your steering wheel cover.
For a start, remove lip balm from centre console.
Change rego & number plates, so can't be linked to being used for Uber?
What kind of info? Like whose lip balm it is?
Does it have a record of you going to a Breaking Bad style drug lab or something?
If anyone is interested in understanding a little more about the data cars collect, ABC did a light article on it. According to the article Ozbargains favourite, the Toyota Camry is likely one of the worst offenders.
In short though, almost all new cars have some sort of āconnectedā capability (probably just a data only SIM card) - and have the ability to send stuff like:
Iām not saying all manufacturers collect all of this data but some do - and itās no surprise theyād share it with/sell it to 3rd parties
Can they link that data to me? My email or phone or anything?
Wouldnt take much to link to your phone if you use a Bluetooth connection.
Bluetooth ids are one way it could be done;
Toyota also have an app for owners, which requires you to sign up (with your name/email/phone number etc) and volunteer your cars details
Toyota also have an app for owners, which requires you to sign up (with your name/email/phone number etc) and volunteer your cars details
FYI this can be totally opted out of, and the LED in the car will turn to red to show it's been disabled
As someone who has a Toyota Connected Services subscription, I'd definitely be deleting all the personal data from the car. I also do the same when I rent cars and delete the Bluetooth name from the infotainment system (along with everyone else's who couldn't be bothered deleting)
The biggest concern that a lot of people, especially those in the US, are worried about are car brands using the vehicles telematics to report/sell the statistics to insurers, thereby giving them an excuse to increase people's premiums or not insure them. The example I heard someone say is that let's say you are behind someone and the person in front suddenly brakes, you then need to either slam your brakes on or take some sort of defensive action and that then is logged and reported back. Even though no incident took place, they can classify you as dangerously driving etc etc.
In the US however a lot of insurers require you have a tracker installed to the OBD port to track this information such as hard braking.
Are you serious? I had no idea about that nor have I ever heard anyone anywhere mention that insurers there have a requirement to do that.
It's being trialled here. Not for the general public. Yet.
The incentive is that you can get cheaper premiums if you're a good driver as defined by them.
Too late now, my BYD is made by the CCP.
I have after-market Android head unit and it has google accounts etc.
I can see it now, dealers offering a data cleaning service for $250 where they spend 3min by going into your radio settings and pressing 'clear'
Never actually thought about it but ive never connected to a car with Bluetooth before or had a car with gps.
Does your question include your genetic data, aka your DNA? from all your hair, dead skin, boogers that gets left behind?
Last couple of car purchases I've been involved with I've found that many people don't even bother to remove their home address from the GPS when they sell a car.
Precisely why my home address isn't saved, in case my car gets stolen.
Same. I use a generic home location so its easy to program home in for directions but its not my house. I dont want them to get my car, then easy access to the house using the garage remote.
Im sure anyone savvy could probably work it out using tracked location or something, but why make it easy.
I use a generic home location so its easy to program home in for directions but its not my house.
Same here - I have a roundabout a couple of streets over as my home.
Tesla drivers love enriching Elon Musk with their driving data
in any event my car doesn't even have functional bluetooth so not exactly sure what information it's gonna be passing on