Following links from a New York Times article on cars and privacy, I confirmed the surprising fact that Nissan’s December 20th 2023 USA privacy policy contains the following under the heading “Categories of information we collect and disclose”:
Types of Personal Data collected Sensitive personal information, including driver’s license number, national or state identification number, citizenship status, immigration status, race, national origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation, sexual activity, precise geolocation, health diagnosis data, and genetic information.
They justify doing this in order
To provide connected vehicle services that might utilize or rely on geolocation data, facilitate more targeted marketing, as well as for internal reporting and analytics purposes, and for other purposes in the ordinary course of employment or the provision of other services according to the terms that govern those programs.
Funnily enough, Nissan changed their policy wording on December 21st 2023, about a week before the New York Times article came out. The policy now restricts itself to:
Sensitive Personal Data, including driver’s license number, national or state identification number, citizenship status, immigration status, race, national origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, precise geolocation.
So, Nissan is still proposing to share where you went, and what you believe, but they no longer admit to sharing when and whether you had sex in your car.