The Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday approved the Driver...
The Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday approved the Driver Privacy Act, which would give individuals more control over information collected by cars, said a release from co-sponsor Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D. (http://1.usa.gov/1gcMIsS). Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., also originally co-sponsored the bill,…
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which has 23 total co-sponsors, the release said. “People understand and are concerned about the new risks to personal privacy, and they want some certainty that their Fourth Amendment rights won’t be violated,” Hoeven said in a statement. “Our bill makes clear that the data on a vehicle’s [Event Data Recorder] belongs to the owner of the vehicle except under very well-defined circumstances.” An EDR can collect dozens of types of information, including speed and seatbelt usage, the release said. Fourteen states have EDR-related laws, but there’s no overarching federal standard, according to the release. The Driver Privacy Act was introduced on Jan. 14 (http://bit.ly/1qkRkjW).