Since when did your“Could I get a copy of the last six months of my heart data?” and they said, "Sorry, sir, this is proprietary." WTF?
That quote came from Rick Smolan (the creator of the Day in the Life series of books) talking about his project, The Human Face of Big Data.
My reaction was completely personal but it mirrors Carvoyant's perspective on how we enable connected cars. It's your car generating your data. We have fun at Carvoyant re-connecting drivers with their data and folks to help them make better use their data.
We often get asked how much will we sell the driver's data for. The short answer is, it's not ours to sell. It's our privilege to work with your data and the minute we stop respecting that, Carvoyant starts to lose our reason for being.
Frankly, there a lots of companies already selling your data and becoming just another one doesn't take much innovation. On the flip side, by working with the driver we can create a huge range of new value (which can be monetized ;-) by comparing and deriving new information without compromising our relationship with the driver. That's where Carvoyant is breaking new ground.
We'd love to hear what data concerns you have around connected cars (@carvoyant) and how we can help. Keep watching for more information about the controls Carvoyant is building for drivers. It's your car and your data. It ought to be under your control.
