{"id":336633,"date":"2017-03-24T05:18:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T21:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1468332"},"modified":"2017-03-24T05:18:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T21:18:28","slug":"senators-reintroduce-a-bill-to-improve-cybersecurity-in-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/senators-reintroduce-a-bill-to-improve-cybersecurity-in-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators reintroduce a bill to improve cybersecurity in cars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Senators Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut have reintroduced the Security and Privacy in Your Car<\/a> (SPY Car) Act of 2017. They first introduced the bill, along with a similar bill for aircraft, during the last session.<\/p>\n

The SPY Car Act places the onus for automotive cybersecurity and privacy standards on the shoulders of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA<\/a>) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The law would require critical software systems \u2014 those required for operation of the vehicle \u2014 to be isolated from noncritical systems. And then those isolated systems should be tested for security.<\/p>\n

It also addresses securing personal information, including all data \u201ccollected by the electronic systems that are built into motor vehicles,\u201d against unauthorized access. If there is a hacking<\/a> attempt, the SPY Car Act calls for all cars to be equipped with the ability to detect the breach, report it, and stop it from taking over the vehicle or collecting driving data. If a manufacturer doesn\u2019t include this capability, under the law it would be fined $5,000 per car that didn\u2019t have security technology built in.<\/p>\n

So far the SPY Car Act seems like something we\u2019d expect to see. But then Sens. Markey and Blumenthal take another step in requiring a \u201ccyber dashboard.\u201d This would tell the driver how far above and beyond the basic requirements a car company has gone to secure the onboard electronic systems via an \u201ceasy-to-understand, standardized graphic.\u201d So some kind of scorecard would be placed where anyone could see it.<\/p>\n

But wait, there\u2019s more! The SPY Car Act also requires that every vehicle give \u201cclear and conspicuous notice\u201d to the driver about what driving data is being collected, if it\u2019s being transmitted or saved, and how it\u2019s being used. Once you know this, the law would require that manufacturers give you the right to opt out of data collection without interfering with your ability to use navigation tools. And that data can only be used for marketing to you if you choose to opt in.<\/p>\n

The SPY Car Act does exempt black-box-type data collection. That basic data is still useful in the event of a crash, or to check the emissions history of a vehicle.<\/p>\n

Vehicle tracking specialists Satrak Plant Security polled 2000 people in the U.K. recently and found that 40% of respondents said hacking was a \u201cfairly serious\u201d concern, which echoes other polls of consumers\u2019 attitudes toward automotive cybersecurity. Now that NHTSA has created guidelines for autonomous vehicles<\/a>, maybe it can build on its best practices guidelines<\/a> if the SPY Car Act is passed.<\/p>\n

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