Millions of European drivers’ personal data gets left behind in vehicles returned to car businesses and leasors every year, amounting to what could be the largest unreported data breach under the United Kingdom’s privacy law, according to a privacy watchdog.
Four out of five vehicles resold across the bloc contain personal data, according to a Privacy4Cars’ white paper released Tuesday based on a sample of hundreds of vehicles for sale in the UK, Germany, and Italy since 2021. An undercover audit of pre-owned vehicles for sale at 46 British dealerships between December 2023 and May 2024 found that half of ...
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