ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,888, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to PRIVACY4CARS Inc. (Kennesaw, Ga.).

"Data privacy and security in vehicles" was invented by Andrea Amico (Marietta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a user computing device with an application for removal of privacy data. The application obtains vehicle information associated with a target vehicle that has a target in-vehicle device from which privacy information of a user is to be removed. Using the vehicle information, the application determines vehicle parameters associated with the target vehicle. The application obtains a privacy information removal file comprising an ...