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A new patent secured by Allstate could allow the company to spy on drivers & their passengers, a Kingston car accident attorney explains.
Newer vehicles are equipped with various sensors and cameras, and these are often associated with crash prevention technologies, like automatic braking or blind spot warning alerts. One insurance provider may soon be using these systems in another way, however, as Allstate has recently been issued a patent for technology that it could use to spy on its policyholders.
Entitled “traffic-based driving analysis,” this technology would rely on the existing infrastructure of modern vehicles to monitor various details about motorists, their behaviors behind the wheel, their passengers and their driving environment.
Specifically, just some of the data that this technology could monitor and record include:
A spokesperson for Allstate has explained that a purpose of this technology is to “provide drivers with broader information about traffic conditions and external factors that could better equip them to drive safe.”
While the idea of having such detailed information about motorists being monitored and collected by an insurance provider may be unsettling to many, there could be bigger implications of this technology if Allstate ends up putting it to use.
Namely, critics have noted that this technology:
What do you think about Allstate’s patent? Do you think that this type of monitoring of motorists is intended to promote safety? Or do you think it’s more of an intrusion into people’s privacy? Share your thoughts on our Facebook & Google+ pages.
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