THE CONNECTED CAR CHALLENGES FOR COMPETITION, CONSUMER CHOICE &

DATA OWNERSHIP

FIA REGION I

FIA Region I is a consumer body representing 75 Motoring and Touring Clubs and their 37 million members from across Europe.

FIA Region I is working to ensure safe, affordable, clean and efficient mobility for all.

From cars to connected IoT on wheels

The connected car will offer a permanent link to the car and can lead to more comfort, safety and efficiency. It will change close to everything on how we use and service our cars today

Case study breakdown

My car breaks down today: • I choose my service provider • All of them have access to repair and

maintenance information and spare parts without discrimination

• They can compete on equal footing & innovate

My car breaks down tomorrow: • One player has privileged information on

my whole driving history & the breakdown • He can give better service than

competitors because he enjoys exclusive rights on dynamic information and can reach me directly in my car

• He can as well monitor his competitors’ activities and control the access to in-vehicle data

Can it be tracked to the vehicle owner?

Who can be a data subject; Actual driver, holder of the insurance policy and/or owner?

General Data Protection Regulation

ALL vehicle data is personal if it can be linked to the owner/ driver

FIA Region I survey Survey in 12 different countries (Spain, France, Germany, UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Italy, Denmark, Sweden) Level of awareness round 34% with big national and geographical gaps

Data protection & privacy

Informed consent on access to car data. Full information about what data is being transmitted and for what purpose over the vehicle lifetime.

Free choice

Right to choose and change their preferred service provider from a variety of safe product functionalities throughout the vehicle lifetime.

Fair competition

Fair competition in an open market place with variety of safe and secure products and functionalities.

Three key aspects for consumers choice:

What do we need?

TCU

Decentralised system with the intelligence in the vehicle - Same access conditions as the VM to data

and same latency - The vehicle owner can choose what data is

exchanged, with whom and when - Independent, unmonitored access to the

vehicle and its data - Same access to the consumer via the

dashboard

Digital Single Market Strategy

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Echo the eCall mandate to investigate on the technical requirements for an interoperable, standardised, secure and open access platform” in the Digital Single Market Strategy Report

Call upon the Commission to address the platform of thinks and develop rules and standard for their interoperability and accessibility by independent service providers

Empower consumers and carry out an in-depth reflection on how to make sure they retain ownership of the data they generate. This means giving them the tools to make informed choice on whether or not to share their data.. And with who!

Laurianne Krid, Policy Director, FIA Region I lkrid@fia.com 0032 2282 0818