India, May 7 -- Concerns around data privacy have been growing around the world in an era when almost everything around our lives is seamlessly connected. The automotive world is not different as modern vehicles, especially cars come with a wide range of connected technologies onboard. These connected technologies ensure the vehicles and their manufacturers know a lot about the owners. Lack of transparency and no concrete data safety mechanism fuels the concerns around data breaches. Nine leading car manufacturers including Toyota, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, Mazda, BMW, Volkswagen, Subaru, and Nissan have been accused of disclosing their consumers' location data to government authorities in the US without asking for a warrant.

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