[edzillion]

Well if you're in the EU then no, unless you can overturn the legislation.

> The Background: In 2019, the European Commission and the European Council jointly approved a regulation that will require new safety measures in motor vehicles starting July 2022, including the installation of so-called "Event Data Recorders," a device similar to "black boxes" in aircrafts.

From what I heard the car company has access to this device at all times and does not need a court order to listen in. They are supposed to only use it when the car has had an accident but it's a terrible precedent.

Edit: forgot the link https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/black-boxes-in-automobiles...

[ikurei]

Thank you, I didn't know about this. I'll have a read but at first sight I wonder if this Event Recorder couldn't just work offline like an airplane's black box; would that just be super expensive?

My car recording what happens for accidents doesn't sound awful. It could even record my last 30 minutes of locations, all you would need to analyze a crash.

It recording my locations long-term, and specially sending them somewhere, sucks.