Car factory resets only wipe infotainment screens while deeper systems store your driving data, location history, and personal details for resale.

Cars are getting an “F” in data privacy. Most major manufacturers admit they may be selling your personal information, a new study finds, with half also saying they would share it with the government ...

The increasing ubiquity of consumer-facing in-dash computers in today's cars has greatly upped the convenience factor for staying connected while driving. Still, it also poses some serious privacy ...

Privacy and security go hand in hand.

Modern cars track drivers through cameras, sensors, and telematics systems. Data is often shared with insurers, marketers, and data brokers. Drivers can review and adjust privacy settings or opt out ...

For most people, selling a car is a straightforward process: clean out your belongings, hand over the keys, and finalize the paperwork. But what many don’t realize is that their vehicle is carrying ...

New cars today are loaded with high-tech features for car shoppers. But with those advancements come questions about driver privacy, said Ivan Drury, the director of insights at Edmunds, a car site.

They say that the cars of tomorrow will be like "smartphones on wheels," and when it comes to modern electric vehicles in particular, many of them are already there. But that also means that cars are ...

Unless you drive a 1970s vintage model, chances are your car knows a lot about you. Chances are also good it is sharing at least of that information with third parties. This is true no only in the ...

Many modern cars function like a phone or tablet. They run apps and pair with other devices, and some can even be operated remotely. The downside of all this functionality is that cars, like phones ...