Proposal would allow drivers to trade personal data for potentially lower insurance rates

https://calmatters.org/economy/2026/07/telematics-car-insurance-bill/

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CADmonkey@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 24d

Thanks for reminding me to remove the telematics atenna from my car.

BeKindRewind@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 24d

Horrible loss for consumers in the long-run as there are already patents showing what monitoring is coming next. Eventually everyone will have to allow this kind of tracking to have an affordable rate. The data will be used for lots of other purposes besides auto insurance.

In the short-term consumers get immediate savings, so I expect this to be popular since we're all hurting out here.