Here is a lesson we can learn from one buyer - In a resale scenario, a previous owner could continue to have access to the online account – with all the new owner’s information stored within.
The problem is that once a vehicle has been linked to that online account and app, the previous owner must specifically disconnect his or her access to the account in order for a new owner to link up to it
Matt Watts, data strategist and director of technology at NetApp, discovered after buying a used car that a previous owner could access a range of his personal information via the app that connects with the vehicle
“When trying to link the vehicle to my account, the website informed me that the vehicle was currently linked to another users account,” Watts said. From there, he contacted the dealer and the manufacturer, who were unable to help him, saying that “We are not in a position to remove owner without their permission, previous owners would normally disconnect before they sell the car or if we took in part-ex we would have their written authority to remove from system.” The dealer then suggested tracking down the previous owner to ask them to disconnect from the account.
Watts noted that the implications are significant: “The previous owner of my car has control over it, they can unlock it, they can remotely set the climate control without me knowing about it, even when the car isn’t running, they potentially can even look at the sat-nav system, they can also call break down services to the vehicle and all of this without me knowing anything about it,” he said. “Someone else has access to a significant amount of data about myself and my vehicle and there appears to be nothing that the manufacturer is prepared to do about it.”
https://threatpost.com/connected-car-apps-open-privacy-hole-for-used-car-buyers/134549/
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