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Doc Fees Decoded: The Price of Paperwork in Auto Sales — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
The Briefing: The Ninth Circuit Puts the Brakes on Eleanor’s Copyright Claim
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Shifting Gears: Adapting to Regulatory Changes in Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Dialing In: The TCPA and Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
The Future of Auto Dealership Compliance: A Conversation With Tom Kline — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Loading and Unloading Under GL and Auto Policies: 2024
Driving Towards Greater Transparency and Sustainability in the EV Market with Davide Giacobbe and ScoutIt
Innovation in Compliance: Navigating Risk Management in the Automotive Industry with Tom Kline
Breaking Granite: Understanding New Amendments to the New Hampshire Retail Installment Sales Act — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Dissecting Oral Arguments in NADA's Challenge to the CARS Rule — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
The FTC and Connecticut Join Forces for Action Against Nissan Dealer
The CARS Rule — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
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The French Data Protection Authority launches a public consultation on location data of connected vehicles, until May 20, 2025. This work will shape future regulations regarding the use of location data and its impact on...more
The article highlights the privacy concerns surrounding the use of cameras in monitoring public spaces and how these issues are particularly relevant in Europe, where privacy is a fundamental aspect of the legal culture. The...more
This year, sentiment has declined to a tepid level with respect to cryptocurrency markets. For example, while some experts still believe that bitcoin could crack the $100,000 mark, the price of bitcoin slumped to under...more
Does vehicle service data for services performed on a vehicle while owned by a previous owner belong to the new owner and need to be provided as part of a GDPR Access request?...more
For vehicle data, GDPR is just the beginning, the German Brandenburg regional government said in a Q&A. Stay tuned for the Data Governance Act. Here are some key points: •Vehicle manufacturers have to observe GDPR when...more
Der Bundesrat hat am 28. Mai 2021 dem vom Bundestag am 20. Mai 2021 verabschiedeten "Gesetz zum autonomen Fahren" (BT-Drucksache 19/27439) zugestimmt und damit die Voraussetzungen für den Einsatz von Kraftfahrzeugen mit...more
Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic brought about a global market disruption across multiple industries, and manufacturers expect the pandemic to continue to affect the automotive industry through 2021. The pandemic has not...more
Cars today are able to keep us permanently plugged-in, while collecting and generating increasing amounts of information as a result of their interaction with the driver, passengers, pedestrians, other vehicles, road...more
As the risk of ransomware attacks and data breaches continues to escalate, it’s also raising greater concerns about data privacy. The automotive industry has been steadily increasing the amount of data it collects from car...more
Zusammenfassung des Gutenachtens über die Datenverarbeitung und den Datenschutz bei Tesla Fahrzeugen vom 19.10.2020 - „Tesla-Fahrzeuge sind dauernd aktive Datenschleudern mit Langzeitgedächtnis.“ (Weichert, Gutachten über...more
Summary of expert opinion on data processing and data protection in Tesla vehicles of 19 October 2020 - “Teslas continuously gush data and have a long memory” (translation of Weichert, Gutachten über Datenverarbeitung und...more
In this month's edition, we examine the Court of Justice of the European Union's decision invalidating the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, as well as the U.S. government's response to the decision. We also examine two...more
The Situation: In an effort to regulate the development and implementation of autonomous vehicles, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce met to discuss a federal regulatory framework. The Result: The House has started...more
On February 7, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published draft guidelines on the processing of personal data in the context of connected vehicles and mobility related applications. If adopted in their current...more
The new President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen promised to put forward legislation “for a coordinated European approach on the human and ethical implications of artificial intelligence” within 100 days...more
With the advent of artificial intelligence and the ubiquity of the internet of things (IoT), at some point customers may be able to drive into a dealership for tire and rim repairs with minimal wait time and an automated...more
The automobile industry has been racing full speed ahead in recent years on its quest for increased connectivity and automation, but it may soon find itself swept up in the wave of privacy and data security laws and...more
The Friday after Thanksgiving, we were on our way to my mother-in-law’s house when we got a flat tire. My husband called the dealership and made an appointment to have his tire replaced the next day: “And you can confirm that...more
Federal US News - FTC Takes Action Against Companies Falsely Claiming Compliance With International Privacy Agreements - The FTC reached a settlement with a background screening company over allegations it falsely claimed...more
The Financial Times convened a worldwide panel of vehicle electrification experts in London last month, and the breadth and depth of developments from the EU, China and the US was staggering. The inexorable march toward...more
Since the referendum to leave the EU rocked the UK in 2016, commentators, privacy personnel, and corporate officers alike have been speculating as to how Brexit will affect Britain’s subjugation to the General Data Protection...more
Avoiding the Top 5 Potholes for Autonomous Transportation Startups - Autonomous transportation technology was widespread at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show. Advances in object identification, mapping, machine learning,...more
Almost three years after the UK’s 2016 referendum to exit the EU (“Brexit”), there is no UK agreement on the substantive terms of exit or its timing. It is clear, however, that Brexit is causing devastating economic loss and...more
This is the fourth article in a series of five articles written by WilmerHale lawyers discussing how the emergence of IoT technologies will impact the automotive industry. The first article, ‘‘The Developing Landscape of...more
It’s hard to keep up with the news these days. It sometimes feels like you can’t step away from your phone, computer, or TV for more than an hour or so without a barrage of new information hitting the headlines—and you’re...more