Your car's location data is yours—not the manufacturer's to sell
H.R. 6734 — Auto Data Privacy and Autonomy Act · Filed by Eric Burlison (R-MO) · 7 cosponsors · Introduced Dec 16, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill requires car manufacturers to let owners access and control all data their vehicles collect—location, performance, sensor readings—at no extra cost, in real time, and without proprietary locks. Manufacturers cannot sell this data without explicit written consent, and are banned from sharing it with hostile foreign governments (China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela). The FTC enforces it as consumer fraud.
Why we flagged it
The bill's core mechanism is straightforward: it grants vehicle owners property rights over their own data and restricts manufacturer monetization. It is a consumer-protection statute, not a technical carve-out or subsidy.
What the text implies
- Manufacturers may respond by reducing data collection or disabling wireless transmission features, potentially limiting vehicle diagnostics and remote safety features that depend on data sharing.
- The ban on sharing with five named hostile nations is explicit but may create ambiguity around data-sharing partnerships with allied nations or third-party vendors with foreign ties.
The full analysis lists 4 implications of this text.
Who stands to gain
data-privacy software vendors; independent vehicle-service providers; aftermarket diagnostic-tool manufacturers