This episode is about cars and data tracking. We are going to look at what types of data car manufacturers are collecting and sharing, how these companies obtain your consent, and some of the key legal issues.

You may have heard about the Texas Attorney General (Ken Paxton) suing General Motors for allegedly collecting driving data and supplying it to insurance agencies without car owners’ consent or knowledge. Apparently, General Motors collected detailed data from 14 million cars, each time they were driven. 1.8 million of those cars were in Texas.

An analyst at Telemetry told CNN that 90 percent of new cars send driving data back to their manufacturers, and drivers would need to read the fine print of their purchase agreements or vehicle manual to learn that it was happening.

Then there’s Teslas. Tesla ow ...