From September, the EU Data Act will require manufacturers to give vehicle owners control over their data, allowing them to share it with third parties, writes Marcel Wendt, CTO and founder of Digidentity.
Since the creation of the first car in 1886, the automotive industry has had a long-standing history of adopting and embracing cutting-edge technologies, writes Chris Linnell, associate director of data privacy at Bridewell.
Volkswagen Group has come under scrutiny after a significant data leak reportedly exposed sensitive customer information online for several months.
A former sales consultant has been fined after pleading guilty to unlawfully retaining and selling thousands of customer records from the car leasing company he worked for in Hertfordshire.
Cap HPI chief Chris Wright discusses the dangers of using unethical data
A significant number of used car buyers are finding personal data from previous owners still stored in their vehicles' infotainment systems.
The automotive industry is evolving rapidly, with the connected vehicles market increasingly being seen as a major growth area.
A data breach at Sandicliffe Motor Group could affect “thousands” of staff and customers of the AM100 car retailer, according to a legal firm.
Appointing a data protection officer makes sense for bigger dealer groups, say experts and industry figures
Under the new GDPR data legislation, dealers and manufacturers will have to make big changes to how they share customer information with third parties.
Solicitors address franchised dealers’ biggest worries about the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation.
Automotive retail businesses will see a “domino effect” of reliance on ‘Legitimate Interest’ to comply with the stringent GDPR, according to MotorVise managing director Fraser Brown.
Cox Automotive is set to host a series of webinars and Santander Consumer Finance will take to the road with its GDPR Inform & Explain Roadshows as car dealers are offered more ways to get up-to-speed with the new data regulations.
One of the “leading data protection practitioners in Europe” Ardi Kolah will take to the stage as a keynote speaker at AM’s GDPR conference.
Geldards solicitors will explain if a company needs to hire a data protection officer at AM’s forthcoming GDPR conference.
The NDFA is concerned that dealers may not be ready to comply with new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), when it comes into force on May 25 2018.
Breaching the GDPR data protection law coming into force in May could cost UK car dealers up to £17.5m or 4% of global turnover. They need to get ready now.
Car dealers are being advised to consider 12 important stages now in ensuring their use of customer information complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) with a new Information Commissioner’s Office guide.
Data-savvy marketers have claimed that they are poised and ready for GDPR but a third fear that their organisation is ill-prepared for the legislation, according to the Data and Marketing Association.
AM speaks with dealers and manufacturers to see what steps they have taken to prepare for GDPR.
