Judge rules it’s fine for car makers to intercept your text messages

A federal judge has refused to bring back a class action lawsuit against that alleged four car manufacturers had violated Washington state’s privacy laws by using vehicles’ on-board infotainment systems to record customers’ text messages and mobile phone call logs.

The judge ruled that the practice doesn’t meet the threshold for an illegal privacy violation under state law. The plaintiffs had appealed a prior judge’s dismissal.

Car manufacturers Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen, and General Motors were facing five related privacy class …

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