Comment by once_inc

I think so, yeah. Smartphones have been in the crosshairs of privacy advocates for years. They gather and send information, but successful lobbying has limited what information gets sold. (note that governments hacking phones or requesting data from isp's is a second thing altogether)

Car manufacturers basically just don't give a peep, and just gather every single morsel of info they can get their hands on, and preferably sell that information to anyone interested.