What is Privacy4Cars?
PRIVACY4CARS is an app that helps users delete Nonpublic Personal Information (NPI) from their vehicles to comply with privacy, security, and data retention laws and regulations. The app is designed to protect the reputation of businesses and avoid expensive fines and lawsuits. PRIVACY4CARS is a recognized leader in the vehicle privacy technology space, with a patented solution that has been featured in over 100 media outlets.
- Largest database of visual step-by-step instructions covering thousands of makes, models, years, trims, and firmware updates
- Simple and intuitive interface
- Fast and requires minimal training
- Scalable, repeatable, and measurable process
- Business records can prove compliance with privacy, security, and data retention laws and regulations
- Software Development Kit (SDK) available to embed the process in other apps
- Helps protect against identity theft and data breaches
- Complies with privacy, security, and data retention laws and regulations, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPEDA
- Helps protect the reputation of businesses and avoid expensive fines and lawsuits.
Quickly & intuitively delete the Nonpublic Personal Information vehicles increasingly capture while building records to demonstrate compliance with privacy, security, and data retention laws and regulations. Protect the reputation of your business and avoid expensive fines and lawsuits! this app is a recognized leader in the vehicle privacy technology space: our patented solution was featured in 100+ media outlets, including: THE WASHINGTON POST “If you’re selling your car or returning a lease or rental, take the time to delete the data on its infotainment system. An app called this app offers model-by-model directions.” CAR & DRIVER “This is a more business-friendly method of cleaning things up, including creating a compliance record. As we start sharing more and more connected cars, tech like this will become less and less optional.” GEAR PATROL “Saves you time (and frantic Googling) by providing simple, step-by-step instructions for deleting your personally-identifiable information from any car.” - 7 ESSENTIAL APPS EVERY DRIVER SHOULD HAVE NATIONAL LAW REVIEW “Some of the information/entertainment systems in these connected cars maintain very personal information. You never know who might get their hands on that data down the road. Check out an app called this app” THE KIM KOMANDO SHOW “One of a kind platform" - TOP APPS YOU DIN'T KNOW AUTO REMARKETING "Now there is a way auctions, dealers and fleet managers can have detail-level cleaning of a vehicle’s technology system" We built the largest database of visual step-by-step instructions covering thousands of makes, models, years, trims, and firmware updates. Select the car you want to wipe (or scan the VIN), match the system, and follow the directions. No more flipping through long, unclear, outdated, or missing manuals. No wasting time searching online. No "winging it" and make it impossible to prove compliance. Our tool is simple, fast, requires minimal training and our process is scalable, repeatable, and measurable. Our business records can prove you are protecting consumers and feed Condition Reports, CPO inspection points, and Vehicle History logs. We serve top retail & wholesale biz in the vehicle auction, dealership, repossession, leasing and auto loan banks and captive market. Their legal and ops teams say this app is the easy, inexpensive and best risk management solution. Our Software Development Kit (SDK) makes it easy to embed our process in your app. WHAT DATA IS IN CARS: drive or sync your smartphone (via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or the USB), and your car will download & store lots of data! The home address, garage door codes, contact book, call logs, text messages, music, detailed GPS location, voice & video recordings, phone IDs, info about files, photos, & apps on your phone (e.g. Facebook and Twitter) and much more could be stored in the infotainment and other systems! Unless you wipe this data, it will remain in the car indefinitely - and anybody could access it. WHY WIPING VEHICLE DATA: 52% of consumers strongly "worry about personal data that can still be found in cars when you return or sell them" [LeasePlan 2020 Car Data & Privacy Survey]. Identity theft and data breaches are the #2 vehicle hack [Upstream]. Regulators like the FTC in the USA and the European Data Protection Board in the EU, activists like Privacy International and BIPA, and many law enforcement and security experts issued warnings or recommend wiping Personal Data at every vehicle handoff. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California's Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Canada's PIPEDA, and many more privacy, security, and data retention laws require businesses to protect the Nonpublic Personal Information of customers, including from devices such as automobiles. Many jurisdictions require no need to prove actual harm: lack of "reasonable security" can lead to expensive fines and lawsuits (including class action) and damage your company's reputation.
By LoganJaxx
What an amazing idea this was! I can clear the data in seconds instead of searching for hours on the web. I didn’t realize my data is kept on any car I paired my phone to! Hats off to the developers and project leads on this home run!
By Drewng
This app is extremely easy and clear to follow. Provides a great resource to protect individuals personal information and should be used by everyone before selling or trading in a car.
By DSJC18
This makes great sense. Especially, if your vehicle is being sold or changing hands. This app is totally intuitive and truly valuable in removing PII from cars.