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The Data Chronicles: Automotive biometrics drive innovation and litigation risk

03 August 2023

Welcome to Hogan Lovells’ The Data Chronicles, brought to you by the firm’s global Privacy and Cybersecurity practice. This multimedia series is dedicated to the ever-changing legal and regulatory developments in the world of data, privacy, and cybersecurity.

As part of a rapidly growing trend, automobile original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) are incorporating biometric trackers and analytics into a broad array of vehicle features to improve security and safety. Hogan Lovells partners Scott Loughlin and James Denvil, senior associate Alicia Paller, and associate Jay Ettinger discuss how the use of biometric data continues to play an increasingly prominent role in the automotive industry, and how heightened risk of litigation is likely to follow.