Car Owners Should Control Data Collected by Cars

Carmakers use data to alert us when something needs repair or when our cars need to be taken in for service. It’s alarmingly easy to imagine carmakers’ charging fees to independent repair shops that need access to vehicle data to service a vehicle purchased for tens of thousands of dollars. There are more than 180,000 independent repair shops across the country; most have all the tools needed to work on today’s connected and complex cars, and most of today’s highly trained service technicians can perform anything from basic tuneups to sophisticated electronic diagnostics.

Source: www.nytimes.com