Tesla Camera Concerns Spur China to Review Car Data Regulations
- External car data collected in China must be stored in China
- Tesla cars banned from military complexes on privacy concerns
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China is considering new regulations that would require data collected by intelligent cars to be stored in the country, a move triggered by recent concerns that cameras in Tesla Inc. vehicles can be used for spying, according to people familiar with the matter.
The draft regulation was published on a government portal Thursday and is open for public comment until May 15. It proposes mandating that any information collected from a car’s external cameras, such as location data or images of buildings or roads, be stored in China.