Regulatory rigorous remote shooting function is concentrated on the shelves?Kia Automobile Close 360 ° panoramic function

Southern Finance All Media Reporter Li Runze Intern Zhou Kexin Guangzhou reported in Guangzhou

Recently, Kia Automobile issued an announcement of the "360 ° Panorama Function Close notice", stating that in accordance with the requirements of national personal information protection and car data security management relevant laws and regulations, it will close the 360 ​​° panoramic function from July 11.

It is understood that through the 360 ​​° panoramic function of Kia Automobile, the owner can use the mobile phone APP to view the surrounding environment of the vehicle in real time.

The 21st Century Economic Herald reporters sorted out and found that in addition to Kia Automobile, many companies including BYD, Dongfeng Nissan, Xiaopeng Automobile, and Changan Automobile have announced the adjustment and optimization of the remote shooting function of the vehicle. People familiar with the matter told the 21st Century Business Herald reporter that recently many companies have concentrated on adjusting the remote camera function of the vehicle, which is due to the relevant departments issued relevant documents on the security protection of out -of -car data. In the future, supervision may be stricter.

Remote shooting function or sensitive personal data and regional information

According to Kia Automobile WeChat public account, Kia Automobile 360 ​​° panoramic image function (SVM) is a camera in four aspects of the body, and the image is collected for background stitching to eliminate visual dead corners. At the same time, the cameras on both sides are also used for the collection of road conditions when parallel.

It is understood that for vehicles equipped with 360 ° panoramic function, the owner can download the Ya UVO mobile app and view the situation around the vehicle remotely through the camera.

Regarding the notice, Kia Auto customer service responded to the 21st Century Business Herald reporter, "According to the requirements of national personal information protection and car data security management relevant laws and regulations, from July 11, the 360 ​​° panoramic function (real -time in real time via the mobile app APP Check the surrounding environment of the vehicle).

Shi Yuhang, a lawyer of Shanghai Huiye Law Firm, told the 21st Century Business Herald that the remote shooting function may involve the facial information of passers -by. This information has the possibility of facial recognition and is sensitive personal information. In addition, this function may shoot important data such as geographical information, personnel flow, and vehicle traffic in important sensitive areas.

In October 2021, "Several Provisions of Automobile Data Security Management (Trial)" (hereinafter referred to as "Regulations") was officially implemented, of which advocated car data processors should adhere to the principles of in -car processing and desensitization processing during car data processing activities. Essence At the same time, the "Regulations" also clearly states that videos and image data including face information, license plate information, etc. are important data.

However, due to the need to ensure driving safety needs, the "Regulations" requires unable to obtain personal consent to collect personal information outside the car and provide it outside the car. It should be anonymous, including deleting a picture that can identify natural persons, or people in the picture Face information and other local outline processing.

"If the car side does not perform anonymous processing of the face and license plate information in the data, the auto manufacturer may constitute the legal risk of collecting and storing the personal information of others without the consent of passers -by or other vehicle owners, and directly, and directly Violation of laws and regulations such as the "Civil Code", "Personal Information Protection Law", "Several Provisions of Automobile Data Security Management (Trial)", "Shi Yuhang said.

The ideal car is a license plate and a human face automatically "coding"

Since the beginning of this year, many companies have announced the functions of remote photography and remote camera outside the car. People familiar with the matter told the 21st Century Business Herald reporter that recently many companies have concentrated on adjusting the remote camera function of the vehicle, which is due to the relevant departments issued relevant documents on the security protection of out -of -car data.

It is worth noting that, unlike a number of companies directly removed the remote camera function, the ideal car recently issued a notice on the optimization of parking camera function.

The ideal car said that according to the latest requirements of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's information security, the parking camera function in the remote car control of mobile phone is now optimized. When the user uses this function, if the recorded photos contain portrait, license plates, etc. involving other people's information, it will automatically fuzzy processing, which does not affect the use of other functions.

It is understood that many companies have launched remote control of vehicles, viewing vehicle remote cameras on mobile APPs, and consumers need to pay for options.

Earlier, Changan Automobile's remote function was accused of false propaganda. In the black cat complaint, the 21st Century Economic Herald reporter discovered that many consumers' complaints about Changan Automobile "canceling the UNIV360 panoramic function and remote monitoring, automatic parking service".

Some car owners believe that Changan Automobile had previously used remote functions as a selling point, and the owner paid for it for this. However, in early June, Changan Automobile issued a notice that the relevant functions would be suspended, which violated the owner's rights and interests.

In this regard, Changan Automobile officially stated on the evening of June 11 that enterprises are actively looking for technical solutions for the remote intelligent parking function on the APP. It is expected that it will be upgraded to the online before July 30. Research.

Shi Yuhang said that if the relevant functions did promise before sales, but it cannot be provided when consumers use, then it may indeed be suspected of false publicity and infringe on the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.

"This also requires car companies to evaluate not only from the perspective of convenience and functionality, but also to evaluate the compliance of the function to determine whether there is a risk of infringing the privacy of car owners or other personal personal privacy, and and also, and and other personal privacy risks, and also Take timely measures for relevant risks, "Shi Yuhang said.

However, the relevant practitioners also told reporters that the cycle of cars from design to mass production is long, and the rhythm of enterprise technology R & D may be inconsistent with relevant regulations. Many enterprises can only temporarily use castration function in order to compliance.Therefore, it is hoped that the relevant regulatory authorities can fully explain the possibility of the enterprise.

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