I really have one big question about connected vehicle privacy: do you provide the data to insurance companies? This website is opaque enough that I can't even find the answer to that question. What a joke to be celebrating your privacy principles when that isn't even answerable.

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rootusrootus 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> do you provide the data to insurance companies? This website is opaque enough that I can't even find the answer to that question.

It is literally one of the few specific questions they address:

"Does Ford sell customer data about your personal vehicle's driving behavior to data brokers or insurance companies?" And their answer was one word.

	▲	Silhouette an hour ago \| parent [-]
		And if you changed one word - from "Does" to "Will" - then it would be worth more than the almost nothing the current answer is worth.

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water-data-dude 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm not going to say I'm not suspicious, but the third bullet point under "Our Privacy Promise" says "We also never sell data about how you drive your vehicle to data brokers". Then further down the page we have the FAQs, which has:

Q: "Does Ford sell customer data about your personal vehicle's driving behavior to data brokers or insurance companies?"

A: No

Again: I don't know how much I trust them, and when I get a new car I'll probably be doing some research to see which ones will still run after I physically disconnect the wireless modem, but they DO answer that question

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dismalpedigree an hour ago | parent [-]

They don’t sell. They might just make it available through some other arrangement though

	▲	Smoosh an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Yes, like Google does it. If they sell it, the other party has a copy to keep and use. If they rent access charged per query they have an income stream.
	▲	rockskon an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Do they sell the information to another entity that, in turn, will sell it to insurance companies or data brokers?

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godshatter 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's in one of the questions you have to open to see the answer to. The answer they is simply "No".