Is Hyundai and Genesis selling your driving history to insurance companies?

[JohnSC]

Automakers Sold Driver Data for Pennies, Senators Say (Published 2024)

Ron Wyden and Edward Markey urged the F.T.C. to investigate how car companies handled the data from millions of car owners.

www.nytimes.com

 

[EdP]

Automakers Sold Driver Data for Pennies, Senators Say (Published 2024)

Ron Wyden and Edward Markey urged the F.T.C. to investigate how car companies handled the data from millions of car owners.

www.nytimes.com

Supposedly they no longer do that. This was covered some months ago.

 

[JohnSC]

Ed, do you have a link to the earlier coverage? Not seeing it.

 

[EdP]

Ed, do you have a link to the earlier coverage? Not seeing it.

I don't. They also took the driving score off the BlueLink app.

 

[joegr]

Ed, do you have a link to the earlier coverage? Not seeing it.

Genesis Connected Services is selling Driving behavior, Location & Speed data to insurance companies

I've been researching the Genesis Connected Services on the G70. I see a LTE symbol + cell signal indicators on my G70 and can tell it's connected to the internet, although I haven't activated my 'Connected Service'. Working in tech, I'm highly skeptical of products and services that are...

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Is Genesis tracking you?

I am sure many of you noticed the articles in the last few days about GM tracking its customers and Hyundai/Kia was mentioned in almost every article. Apparently with GM, there have been numerous documented cases of insurance policies skyrocketing after a driver's report from GM was sent to...

genesisowners.com

Also note that you can go here: LexisNexis Consumer Disclosure - LexisNexis Risk Solutions Consumer Disclosure to find out who has reported what about you. I found nothing from Hyundai/Genesis about me.

 

[JohnSC]

Thanks, Joe. This doesn't seem to have dissuaded the U.S. senators or The Times. Not sure I am buying it, either.

 

[JohnSC]

And don't you just love a consumer risk site that asks for your social security number? Lexis-Nexis was in the news and legal library business years ago and was well-regarded.