After GM, two more companies, Hyundai and Kia, were sued in the US, accused of collecting driving data from their car owners and selling it without consent to insurance companies.
The class-action lawsuit, filed in a California court, alleges that the two Korean companies have violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act with their connected car services (UVO Connect, Kia Connect, Bluelink and Bluelink+), with the systems in question allowing between others allow owners to remotely locate their cars, lock/unlock them, start them, provide diagnostic information, and also act as a stolen car recovery service.
They also collect driving data, such as hard braking, acceleration and speeding, according to the lawsuit. One of the plaintiffs claims that the data was sold to the data analysis company Verisk Analytics, which performs a risk analysis on each driver and proceeds to sell that information to insurance companies.
That owner owns a 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe with a Bluelink subscription and claims a Verisk report reveals Hyundai shared his driving behavior between December 2023 and April 2024 and claims it caused a $250 increase in his premium.
Source: www.autoblog.gr
