We are thrilled to announce that our conference paper entitled “Privacy in Motion: Role Perspectives on Connected Vehicle Data Collection” has been accepted for publication in The 34th ISOC Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS 2027). Congratulations to Moore-kun and kudos to the entire team!

Connected vehicles have become data-intensive platforms that collect vast amounts of personal information not only from drivers but also from passengers and even nearby pedestrians, yet privacy protections and public understanding have not kept pace. In this work, we bridge the gap between what manufacturers disclose and how people perceive these practices through two complementary studies. In Study 1, we analyze the U.S. privacy policies of 17 major vehicle manufacturers, revealing extensive data collection, fragmented disclosures, and limited user control over third-party sharing. In Study 2, we survey 437 participants from the U.S., Germany, and China to examine comfort, expectations, and willingness to share data across the roles of driver, passenger, and pedestrian. We find that biometric and commercial data are perceived as particularly sensitive, that comfort with data collection varies significantly by role, and that a majority of users are willing to opt out of data collection. The results highlight a substantial disconnect between industry practices and public understanding, calling for clearer, role-aware, and culturally sensitive transparency mechanisms.

Lachlan Moore, Yinan Zhao, Rei Yamagishi, Allan Wirth, and Tatsuya Mori, "Privacy in Motion: Role Perspectives on Connected Vehicle Data Collection." In Proc. of The 34th ISOC Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS 2027), Seoul, Republic of Korea, Mar 2027.