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Insurers admit ‘black box’ data may be handed to police
Saturday, November 8, 2014 9:10
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Motorists who have a “black box” tracking device fitted to their car to cut their insurance premium are at risk of having the data handed over to the police and used against them, it has emerged.
Insurers also admit that, rather than cut premiums, the record of your driving habits could be used to increase them at renewal. This is particularly worrying given moves across the industry to standardise data so that it can be shared between companies.
Many new cars are already automatically fitted with tracking devices, making it simpler and cheaper for insurers to price policies based on motorists’ actual driving style …. http://www.telegraph.co.uk
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2014/11/insurers-admit-black-box-data-may-be.html
