Tesla won’t give drivers their own crash data without a court order
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Tesla won’t give drivers their own crash data without a court order
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Re: Tesla won’t give drivers their own crash data without a court order
#2Can we make a law that all data collected by devices that I bought belongs to me? Yes, that includes everything the websites I visit send back to the mothership.
Re: Tesla won’t give drivers their own crash data without a court order
#3Can we make a law that all data collected by devices that I bought belongs to me? Yes, that includes everything the websites I visit send back to the mothership.
You mean GDPR?
Re: Tesla won’t give drivers their own crash data without a court order
#4I imagine this policy would have to be different for those in the UK, right? I thought I had read that the Data Protection Act (of 1998) forced companies to send data in situations they would not for other countries:
https://www.gov.uk/respond-data-protection-request
> Under data protection law, anyone can ask if your organisation holds personal information about them - you must respond to their request as soon as possible, and within one month at most.
Re: Tesla won’t give drivers their own crash data without a court order
#5Can we make a law that all data collected by devices that I bought belongs to me? Yes, that includes everything the websites I visit send back to the mothership.
If that law gets passed, you'll no longer "own" the device you bought that collects that data, but will be granted a license to use it.
Re: Tesla won’t give drivers their own crash data without a court order
#6I imagine this policy would have to be different for those in the UK, right? I thought I had read that the Data Protection Act (of 1998) forced companies to send data in situations they would not for other countries: https://www.gov.uk/respond-data-protection-request > Under data protection law, anyone can ask if your organisation holds personal information about them - you must respond to their request as soon as po…
Crash data is not necessarily Personally Identifiable Information
Re: Tesla won’t give drivers their own crash data without a court order
#7Can we make a law that all data collected by devices that I bought belongs to me? Yes, that includes everything the websites I visit send back to the mothership.
You mean GDPR?
No, I mean all data, not just PII. If a Nest measures the temperature in my house I want to own those data points.
Re: Tesla won’t give drivers their own crash data without a court order
#8Can we make a law that all data collected by devices that I bought belongs to me? Yes, that includes everything the websites I visit send back to the mothership.
If that law gets passed, you'll no longer "own" the device you bought that collects that data, but will be granted a license to use it.
I'm sure clever lawyers can come up with a definition of "own" that excludes such trickery.
Re: Tesla won’t give drivers their own crash data without a court order
#9No big deal just serve a subpoena on their registered agent.
Re: Tesla won’t give drivers their own crash data without a court order
#10Can we make a law that all data collected by devices that I bought belongs to me? Yes, that includes everything the websites I visit send back to the mothership.
If that law gets passed, you'll no longer "own" the device you bought that collects that data, but will be granted a license to use it.
Laws are flexible, it's easy enough to cover that loophole.