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Mozilla review of 25 car brands finds they're "a privacy nightmare" (foundation.mozilla.org)

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[–] [email protected] 346 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (26 children)

https://www.nissanusa.com/privacy.html

Sensitive personal information, including driver’s license number, national or state identification number, citizenship status, immigration status, race, national origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation, sexual activity, precise geolocation, health diagnosis data, and genetic information.

Please make this reach the front page because it's beyond ridiculous

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do they even capture this stuff? Are you expected to write some essays before you can buy the car?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Meh, it's a CYA policy. They're not actively collecting that data, but if you mention something in those categories in an email, chat, phone call, etc to a Nissan employee, that data might be stored.

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