Your Personal Information

Not sure if u-all are aware of this - Toyota sells or shares your personal information (I would assume driving habits) to data miners (yes, insurance companies and who knows how many more industries). I can only wonder if you're paying for Toyota Connect and the data collected is greater. I logged onto the Toyo site (a few months back) and selected (under the privacy menu) "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information". Just as an fyi....

 

*Applies to almost every company out there.

 

I get it, but in this case you can do something about it...

 

when setting up the app with the salesperson, he said "opt-out of that one" as we stepped through it. so at least he was watching out for that sort of thing.

 

I also get it, but my state sales some of my personal information.

 

FWIW, I just opted out, as well. Just so everyone understands, it's not just a quick check box to opt out. It's a short form that requires your name, addy, and phone number before submission.

It may not make things life changing-ly more awesome, but every little bit of annominity helps in an era of all-watching prying eyes. To each their own.

 

https://privacy.toyota.com/

20 second process. No brainer. Thank you.

 

You can opt out from the app, too.

 

If someone wants to know I went to work, fine. If they want to know if I accelerated or turned a corner too fast, fine.

Last weekend, I turned down a country road my wife hadn’t been on before. She asked if we were going parking. I let her know we might be being tracked. Her response was “that’s OK. LET ‘em be jealous.”

 

Don't forget to opt out of your phone too

 

For me, I'm hoping it will cut down on "extended warranty" junk mail I constantly get in the snail mail. I started getting crap mail the very next week after I purchased the truck...and am still getting today. I mean, they have to get my personal mailing address and year/make/model from someone. Got it from Toyota directly!

 

your state sells that info too. You can buy list of new cars that are registered.

 

Do you realize automakers sell your “driving performance” information insurance companies? Look forward to rate increases if that’s your outlook!

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/technology/carmakers-driver-tracking-insurance.html

 

My wife would have asked, “where the f*** are you going?” lol

 

In 2023 a court ruled automakers (including Toyota) can record and intercept our text messages.

https://therecord.media/class-action-lawsuit-cars-text-messages-privacy

 

You sure that wasn't 1984?

 

I'm not sure what that is supposed to mean, and to a large extent is impossible because of the long ago established law for the cellular network providers.

Additionally, people forget or are daft to other ways not being tracked is hard to achieve. One's license plates subject them to the huge saturation for the ALPRs, payment cards, checks and cash create data and patterns many don't think about.

Upon actual ownership still at dealer I took Toyota's steps on the vehicle's dashboard sticker to disable that tracking but it didn't take long to see results just from the newly titled and registered vehicle.