Car manufacturers agree on measures to secure data generated by vehicles

Boston

TWO US-based groups representing some of the world's biggest carmakers have agreed on privacy standards for securing vast quantities of data generated by the dozens of tiny computers and tracking systems used in modern vehicles.

"Automakers pledge to provide protection for sensitive information that goes beyond similar principles in other industry sectors," Mitch Bainwol, chief executive officer of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, said in a statement on Thursday.