Autonomous cars and data protection
Gowling WLG recently published whitepaper “Are you data driven?” on autonomous and connected vehicles. It was prepared fo UK Autodrive – leading technology and automotive businesses consortium – and explores how data protection issues – particularly the newly published General Data Protection Regulation – will affect innovation in autonomous and connected vehicles sector.
Whitepaper reveals the challenges and opportunities for automotive businesses and looks at what they should be doing now to prepare. Automotive technology significantly outpaces existing regulation therefore it is important legislator balances needs of innovation with society’s need for privacy.