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2019

Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University

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Developing A Privacy Code Of Practice For Connected And Automated Vehicles, Rajen Akula Dec 2019

Developing A Privacy Code Of Practice For Connected And Automated Vehicles, Rajen Akula

Canadian Journal of Law and Technology

Connected and autonomous vehicles (‘‘CAVs”) can collect, store, process and transmit vast amounts of data. Understanding the use (and potential misuse) of this data, particularly when that data is about an identifiable individual within the meaning of data protection law, is regarded critical to the success of this new mode of transportation. However, what constitutes personal information in relation to coneccted and automated vehicle data on a case-by-case basic. This presents a policy challenge for the government and creates uncertainty for businesses wishing to make use of this data.


Big Brother Riding Shotgun: Internal Surveillance Of Semi-Autonomous Vehicles And Its Effects On The Reasonable Expectation Of Privacy, Tunca Bolca Jun 2019

Big Brother Riding Shotgun: Internal Surveillance Of Semi-Autonomous Vehicles And Its Effects On The Reasonable Expectation Of Privacy, Tunca Bolca

Canadian Journal of Law and Technology

The makers of autonomous vehicles (AVs) claim that their vehicles will reduce traffic accidents by 90 per cent and save millions of lives. Although this is yet to be proven, even if these new generation cars are made to be everything that the carmakers claim, accidents will still happen. Now, as the technology is progressing, governments and scholars are trying to come up with solutions to many legal, ethical and sociological problems the AVs will bring along.