Tesla’s claims that it protects privacy are “misleading,” they say.
Markey and Blumenthal charge that the report exposes a misuse of Tesla’s safety features in addition to representing a breach of trust with its customers. “Although vehicle cameras have the potential to improve safety, these features do not need to come at the expense of consumer privacy,” they write.
The report flies in the face of Tesla’s claims in terms of service and other documentation that its camera systems are designed to protect customer privacy, the senators say. The impression that customers can trust the company to protect their privacy and security is “deeply misleading,” they write. In the letter, they urge Musk to outline the reasons Tesla has for collecting such extensive and often mundane footage from its customer vehicles, how long the recordings are kept, and who has access to them. They also ask whether Tesla executives were aware that the footage was being passed around, and if so, what was done about it.for its customers’ misuse of Autopilot, demanding that regulators take action against the company.
For his part, Musk has been extremely critical of Senate Democrats’ attempts to regulate his companies. He has
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