Flickertail State one, Big Brother goose egg. The North Dakota legislature unanimously approved a bill that would make data recorded by cars' "black box" recorders the property of vehicle owners. The bill, which still must be signed by the state's governor, is a privacy victory for consumers, but a defeat for insurance companies, who would require access to the black box data as a condition for obtaining insurance coverage.
North Dakota Approves Black Box Privacy Bill [The Newspaper]
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Car Czar in Black-Box Lowdown: Protecting the Goods [internal]