CarLotz, Huntsville’s first consignment-to-retail used vehicle marketplace announced a nationwide partnership with tech company Privacy4Cars to offer best-in-class protections focused on creating privacy and compliance solutions for vehicles.
According to Privacy4Cars, the first and only technology company focused on identifying and resolving data privacy issues across the automotive ecosystem, over four out of five cars sold last year contained PI (personal information) data captured by a vehicle when users connect a phone via Bluetooth or USB, or if the vehicle is equipped with GPS or telematics.
CarLotz’s partnership with Privacy4Cars ensures best-in-class privacy, security and safety protections by the secure removal of all PI captured by the vehicle for anyone who sells or consigns their vehicle to any CarLotz hub location.
According to John Foley, chief operating officer for CarLotz, there are do-it-yourself ways to delete information stored in the infotainment system and other modules of the vehicle, including phone records, detailed whereabouts, garage door codes, text messages that contain financial and medical information, biometrics, driver behavior tracking and unique identifiers, but there are tens of thousands of different vehicle-specific procedures required to ensure complete removal of one’s personal information.
“Most people would never sell or turn-in their mobile phone without erasing all its personal information,” said Foley. “Your vehicle’s computer often contains the same personal information and shouldn’t be transferred to a new owner without securely removing that data.”
Vehicles currently located at all CarLotz hubs have been processed using Privacy4Cars technology, but over the coming months, CarLotz will add a visual icon to the sales data in hub and online.
“The partnership with Privavcy4Cars allows us to exceed expectations and deliver on our promise to provide best in class customer service to our guests,” said Foley. “Privacy, safety and security should never be a concern when selling a car and, whether consigning or selling directly to us, CarLotz is proud to lead the way.”
Andrea Amico, founder of Privavcy4Cars said, “Consumers are increasingly choosing to do business with companies who care about their privacy and safeguard their information. Cars today collect a lot of data from previous owners and their family members; data that should not be sold with the cars.”
“That’s why this partnership between Privacy4Cars and CarLotz is so important – together we can offer the peace of mind their customers deserve and, by doing so, make CarLotz their first choice on where to do business.”
Don’t miss out! Subscribe to our email newsletter to have all our smart stories delivered to your inbox.
