Today more and more objects have network connectivity allowing them to send and receive data this is the case with many everyday household appliances from a refrigerator to your Smart TV it’s also the case with your car smart cards rely on the collection use and processing of data from different sources including the driver the vehicle itself and its surroundings most vehicle data are of a
Technical nature they exist only momentarily and are never stored the rest of the data can potentially be put to a wide variety of users for instance to advise the driver on the easiest and safest routes to automatically pay for parking or tolls to contact emergency services in case of an accident to predict when the vehicle will need maintenance or repair and to provide local information entertainment and other services to enable all of this to
Happen we will need seamless communications networks to transmit the data networks that provide full coverage with low latency and enough bandwidth to process data for millions of cars the advantage of mobile communications is that the infrastructure already exists however investments have mainly occurred in urban areas where people live we now also need strong investments in digital highways to get connectivity where
People drive to that end Europe will need to strengthen its communications networks to improve coverage and reliability but with the development of the Internet of Things people can have genuine concerns about the protection of personal data and privacy at the same time however more and more people are willing to share data with service providers if it means they can benefit from useful services beta protection is an issue
Automakers take very seriously the automobile industry is committed to providing its customers with a my level of data protection and maintaining their trust the bottom line of the auto industry’s data protection commitment is that personal data will be shared with third parties only on the basis of a contract with the consent of the consumer or to comply with legal obligations the big question is what is the best means of providing safe and
Secure access to this data for third parties on the one hand some parties are calling for direct access to the data in the vehicle but this would facilitate hacker attacks since every new external data interface increases the number of potential targets and entry points additional safety risks in terms of driver distraction could arise if external parties are granted uncontrolled access to the vehicles onboard systems a car is not a
Smartphone on wheels nor is it a PC that can be rebooted if a problem occurs while driving a car requires much higher standard in safety security and privacy to limit the risks are better and more balanced alternative to direct in vehicle data access would be off board access this would allow vehicle manufacturers to communicate the relevant vehicle data in a secure manner to an external server from where third parties can access it in addition to
This external server managed by the vehicle manufacturer one or more neutral servers would be installed these servers would be totally neutral they would need to be operated nor financed by the manufacturers this could facilitate data access in particular for SMEs by offering multi-brand data on one server rather than obliging them to use multiple servers of individual manufacturers all forged data access will provide an
Open yet protected interface for the provision of services by third parties contributing to innovation and allowing for customer choice and fair and open competition the increasing ability of cards to exchange data with the outside world have great potential to revolutionize the driving experience but to benefit from this we need to further strengthen Europe’s and USA connectivity infrastructure protect vehicle data and facilitate safe and secure third party
Access to data