Electric Vehicles and Data Privacy: What businesses need to know.

Electric vehicles (EVs), smart cars and connected vehicle technologies are becoming increasingly embedded within both commercial and everyday life.  At the same time, they are creating something we haven’t really had to deal with before: that cars constantly collect, store and share data about where go, how we drive and even what we do inside the vehicle. This does not mean that all EVs are spying on drivers, but it does mean the data they generate is now a real policy and business issue, raising complex questions. With around 80% of all EVs sold in Australia being built in China, which has different privacy principles, the conversation is heating up regarding privacy, surveillance, cybersecurity, governance and data ownership.