How much data does your car track?

[Soros Shorts]

I took my car in for a scheduled service and without me asking the dealer apparently gave the car a software update. The software that runs the navigation, radio, driver assist, cameras and what not now behaves differently. It seems a lot smarter than before and I am somewhat concerned that it might be tracking and reporting my movements to some central database. It is a fairly new car with a lot of electronic gizmo and I am in the US. It seems to be connected to some network because I do get live traffic updates that enables the GPS to bypass traffic jams.

Does anybody here know exactly how much data a car tracks - say those equipped with OnStar or ConnectedDrive? I am guessing that this forum might have a number of privacy conscious readers who might know the answer.

[olliec420]

Probably more than we would like.

[hmblm1245]

What type of car do you have? Year Make Model Tech Packages etc would help.

[Anon136]

this is relevant

https://youtu.be/X_qJG1paDEk?t=12m23s

i time stamped it for you

better yet http://ericpetersautos.com/2014/09/04/car-isnt/