AwarenessYour devices, car & home
Your connected car
Modern cars log where you drive, how you drive, and whom you pair.
Understand it
A newer car is a computer on wheels. It records location and journeys, driving style, sometimes in-cabin audio, and the phones paired to it. Manufacturers increasingly share or sell this, and insurers and the police may seek it. A borrowed or sold car keeps the previous driver’s data unless it is wiped.
How to spot it
The car’s app and privacy menu show what is collected - and often how to limit it.
Close the gap
- Review the manufacturer’s app and data settings; opt out of data sharing where offered.
- Delete paired phones and personal data before selling or returning a car.
- On a hire or borrowed car, don’t upload your full contacts - or wipe it after.
- Treat “connected” features as optional; turn off what you don’t use.
What to do about it
This is what your gadgets and network quietly give off. You can't silence all of it, but reviewing each device's privacy settings - and the device steps in your plan - pulls it back a long way.