Privacy advocates are concerned about a device that can be placed on cars to record certain driving habits. The so-called Adjusto is being promoted by the insurance company, Desjardins which says it can help drivers get up to 25 per cent savings on their policies.
Data collected includes how many kilometers are driven annually, the number of times a driver brakes hard or accelerates quickly and the time of day that a car is driven. Installing the Adjusto is optional.
“It definitely has ramifications from a privacy point of view because it’s a new technology that will involve the collection of new personal information that, up until now, hasn’t been done,” said lawyer Kris Klein, an expert in privacy law.
The privacy commissioner in the province of Ontario is now concerned however. Anne Cavoukian said she was “quite impressed’ with the measure the company put in place to protect its customers’ privacy.
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