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I don't understand. This seems clearly illegal to have policies like this that claim consent by sitting in the car but the "user" has never been presented the policy in a way to consent to!

Is this just a good lawsuit away from being thrown out but no one has done it? Is there some particularly fucked up legal precedent that makes this tenuously legally stable?

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> You promise to educate and inform all users and occupants of your Vehicle about the Services and System features and limitations, the terms of the Agreement, including terms concerning data collection and use and privacy, and the Nissan Privacy Policy

Similarly, how is this kosher? Do we think anyone, even a single person, has ever followed through on this promise they’ve apparently agreed to in using a Nissan?

In a small informal survey we found that _absolutely nobody_ knows about the new intrusive interior and exterior surveillance from cars.

https://cybershow.uk/media/episodes/watchers_2023-07-01.mp3

It is, to all moral (if not legal) purposes, covert and certainly illegal in the UK on all sorts of grounds that have yet to be challenged in court.

The work is in getting the message out to people.

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