http://www.startribune.com/carmakers...ata/314384321/
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/07/...river-data-yet

With Apple and Google both vying for a place in your car's dashboard, you might start wondering to what extent the data you generate while driving might be analyzed or shared with advertisers. The good news is that car manufacturers are not keen to give this data away — some have specifically said they won't let Google or Apple get their hands on it. The bad news is that they feel this way because they see your data as a new source of profit — they're just deciding how best to harvest it. One executive at Ford said, "We need to control access to that data. We need to protect our ability to create value." According to the article, "Auto companies hope to profit from in-vehicle data in a variety of ways, including the provision of travel planning services and auto repair and service information they hope will bring drivers to dealerships. They also expect to work with insurance companies, providing information that would allow insurers to base their rates on a driver's behavior behind the wheel."
Manufacturing Value through Artificial Scarcity.

Now pay close attention to the Legalese:

"We value your privacy..."
"We respect your privacy..."

The two phrases do NOT mean the same thing. We have become the things that are bought and sold, and are mined, farmed and treated like an emotionless inhumane product. But this is only the beginning. In the end, what will matter is to crush all forms of dissent before they can ever happen. Filter Bubbles, Manufactured Concent and Opinions and even Artificial Protests are all only tools for Profit and Control for the Elite, which is now Facist Corpratism that has come to define the New America.