There really need to be restrictions put in place mining and sharing of customer data by automakers with emphasis on the principle of data minimisation. Automakers should go back to being hardware manufacturers than wannabe tech companies.
There really need to be restrictions put in place mining and sharing of customer data
Full stop.
In a twisted way, I'm glad the problem has become blatant enough that politicians are starting to realize how it affects them. Companies have proven time and again that they shouldn't be trusted with our data, but it's hard to do anything without having to agree to let them collect and resell your info.