On September 28, global data privacy chiefs issued a nonbinding connected cars data protection resolution offering guidance to companies on how to handle customer data. The resolution, adopted in a closed session at the 39th International Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners' Conference in Hong Kong, calls for users of autonomous vehicles or connected cars to be given full information on data collection and storage procedures. In addition, the resolution asks data controllers to abide by standard data protection principles and implement cybersecurity measures to ensure that drivers of connected vehicles cannot be unlawfully tracked.

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