Vehicle owners would control their car's data and block sharing with foreign governments.
This bill would give owners of cars, trucks, and farming or construction vehicles more control over their vehicle's data. Manufacturers would need your clear permission to access or share your data, and you would get free, real-time access to it. It would also ban sharing your personal information with certain foreign governments.
Today, manufacturers of motor vehicles and farming or construction vehicles can often access, sell, or share user data and vehicle-generated data without explicit owner consent. Vehicle owners may not have real-time, free, or unrestricted access to or control over their vehicle's data. After this bill, manufacturers would be prohibited from accessing, selling, or sharing covered data without the owner's clear, written consent. They would also be banned from sharing personal information with specific foreign governments. Vehicle owners would also gain real-time, free, and unrestricted access to and control over all their vehicle's data.
S 3494 · 119th Congress · December 16, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 8/10
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