EU Needs Smart-Car Data Security Rules And Can Learn From China, Group Says
A BYD Co. Han electric sedan. Across the world, concerns about so-called spy cars are growing as more and more consumers buy vehicles equipped with advanced-driver assistance systems.
Photographer: Qilai Shen/BloombergThe European Union needs to implement comprehensive regulations to manage the growing security risks posed by intelligent vehicles, particularly Chinese cars that are increasingly popular with consumers, according to a think tank.
Intelligent cars, typically electric or hybrid vehicles, allow for expansive data to be collected including geospatial and personal data, Warsaw-based Center for Eastern Studies said. That leaves European countries vulnerable to cyberattack and exposed to the risk that information collected by cars can unintentionally reveal sensitive military and economic activities, it said.