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Sec. 4 · S. 3494

Vehicle owner’s data access and control

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(a) In general The manufacturer of a covered vehicle shall provide to an owner of such vehicle access to, and control of, all covered data generated or processed onboard, or transferred to, such vehicle— (1) at no cost beyond the purchase price of such vehicle; (2) in real time; (3) without any restriction or limitation on use or authorizing access to third parties; (4) without a requirement that the covered vehicle owner pay a fee or purchase a license to decrypt such data or use a device provided by such manufacturer to access and use such data; (5) through the vehicle’s interface port and through wireless transmission of such data to the extent such vehicle is equipped with technology to wirelessly transmit such data; and (6) in a manner that enables the operation of an open application programming interface that— (A) facilitates deletion of all user data stored in a covered vehicle; and (B) enables the setting of any user preference by the covered vehicle owner or another user of the covered vehicle. (b) Relation to other laws This section supersedes any statute, rule, requirement or other legal obligation of a State of political subdivision thereof that relates to the requirements of this section.

Sec. 4: Vehicle owner’s data access and control · Public Law Tracker