Privacy4Cars: Vehicle Privacy

Privacy4Cars - Vehicle Privacy

About this app

The Privacy4Cars App is designed for auto businesses but includes a few consumer features. Get more info on what the app does and how user data is treated differently in each section.

FOR AUTO BUSINESSES:
Join hundreds of retail and wholesale auto businesses who rely on our multi-patented process to quickly and intuitively delete personal information consumers often leave behind, manage data deletion activities for the vehicles in your inventory, automatically build compliance records, share certificates of deletion with customers, and make fair disclosures to consumers about the data practices of vehicles, including what data the manufacturer and popular in-vehicle services collect and share/sell. Privacy4Cars is also available as a Software Development Kit (SDK) so you can add these features to your own app.
More than 4 out of 5 vehicles are resold at dealerships and auto auctions while still containing the data of prior users. Not deleting unencrypted data of consumers stored in electronic devices (e.g. collected from sensors and from the smartphones and tablets consumers connect to vehicles, such as home address, garage codes, geolocation records, text messages, biometrics, various identifiers, photos taken, files downloaded, etc.) puts your business at risk of fines, lawsuits, and regulatory action (200+ laws regulate it).
More than 9 out of 10 dealership associates are unable to make even simple data privacy disclosures to consumers who are shopping for vehicles. Not representing fully or correctly the data capabilities and practices of automakers and of popular service providers is a significant Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices (UDAP) legal risk.
Both issues also create significant exposure from a reputation and continued business operations standpoint.
Conversely, having an efficient, robust, and repeatable process to delete consumer personal information from vehicles and being able to reliably make privacy disclosures for cars for sale can turn privacy into a business advantage and a source of differentiation and growth.
Find out more at https://privacy4cars.com.

FOR CONSUMERS:
If during the registration process you identify as a consumer, the Privacy4Cars app has a distinct set of consumer features and your data is treated differently (e.g. GPS positioning is no longer mandatory because we don’t need to create compliance records, your activity is not actively monitored because there is no need to manage KPIS and activity reports, etc.). We try, within the constraint of having a singular app for two very different audiences, to minimize collection and use of your data. Importantly, we do not believe you should be accessing these features by “paying with your data”: we don’t have an ad business and we don’t sell this data nor share it unless you specifically ask us to (e.g. by appointing us as your agent to reduce your vehicle data footprint).
Registration is required both to determine which features and data practices need to be applied to your account, and to prevent businesses from using free features that are meant for consumers.
In the app, consumers can access Vehicle Privacy Reports, they can find auto businesses who are responsibly taking action to protect the data of consumers, and can self-delete data from their vehicles if their dealership or car rental company does not.

Ratings and reviews

Meh. There's a limited number of uses and the user interface is so bad that trying to find your car to find the data to be able to delete your personal information You use up all your limited usages just trying to figure out one use. Then it locks you out . So I was never actually able to use this. Can't give it more than one star. It doesn't work

This app SUCKS! I downloaded it, registered, selected my specific car make and model, and TWICE it proceeded to give me the steps for the WRONG model! Your app used up my two free wipes using the WRONG car model, despite me specifically selecting the correct one. I'm really p.o.'d about this and view this as deliberate by your app in an effort to force people to pay. Just be upfront and make it clear that all people have to pay to use it if that is really what you're after. 😡

All the app does it tell you how to do a factory reset to your infotainment system. Given that I can find that information in a book called "THE OWNER'S MANUAL" the app is useless and a waste of time and money. Speaking of money, do not waste any of it on buying more "resets" since it does the same thing for all cars.

What’s new

• Auto VIN search feature
• Display captured VIN scan (through OCR or Barcode scanner) and Registration plate scan photo (through OCR scanner) on PDF certificate
• Display “Mandatory Photo Proof Captured on Last Step of Instruction” on PDF certificate
• Removed tight coupling of the “Consignor Required” pop-up and the “Photo Proof at Last Step” feature for consignor
• Bug fixes and improvements