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> Tesla isn’t officially part of the study because it doesn’t allow J.D. Power access to customer vehicle registration data. Interesting quote. Does that mean

> Tesla isn’t officially part of the study because it doesn’t allow J.D. Power access to customer vehicle registration data. Interesting quote. Does that mean if I buy a non-Tesla car in the US, that my personal details automatically get passed on? I'm not always a Tesla fan, and you could always claim this is because 'they have something to hide', but I very much like the sound of it from a privacy perspective.

ponker 6y ago
There’s a company called RL Polk that Hoovers up basically everything you could imagine about car sales and resells that information for very high prices. Don’t know where they get their data but they have a row of data for each car sold.
- dillonmckay 6y ago
  I would guess vehicle registrations is where they are obtaining the data from.
  - dotnetdev6 6y ago
    My company Cross-Sell Reports does the same thing. We buy the registration data from each state. But it's a job to secure contracts from each states DMV. Sort of like securing licensing from nba or mlb teams.
  - jeegsy 6y ago
    Is the government allowed to sell that data?
    - dotnetdev6 6y ago
      Yeah they are.
    - dillonmckay 6y ago
      There were quite a few articles. I believe maybe half of US states sell driver’s license data, including photos. https://www.newsweek.com/dmv-drivers-license-data-database-integrity-department-motor-vehicles-1458141 https://www.newsweek.com/dmv-drivers-license-data-database-i...
MDWolinski 6y ago
Per the WSJ article on the same topic: "J.D. Power asks vehicle buyers about their experience during the first 90 days of owning a newly purchased car or truck. The Silicon Valley electric-car maker avoided past scrutiny by the 34-year-old survey because of a quirk in some state laws that require an auto maker’s permission to use new-vehicle registration data to contact customers. Tesla hasn’t provided that permission, according to J.D. Power." It goes on to say that the data was collected from 35 states that do not require Tesla's permission.

ponker 6y ago

There’s a company called RL Polk that Hoovers up basically everything you could imagine about car sales and resells that information for very high prices. Don’t know where they get their data but they have a row of data for each car sold.

dillonmckay 6y ago
I would guess vehicle registrations is where they are obtaining the data from.
- dotnetdev6 6y ago
  My company Cross-Sell Reports does the same thing. We buy the registration data from each state. But it's a job to secure contracts from each states DMV. Sort of like securing licensing from nba or mlb teams.
- jeegsy 6y ago
  Is the government allowed to sell that data?
  - dotnetdev6 6y ago
    Yeah they are.
  - dillonmckay 6y ago
    There were quite a few articles. I believe maybe half of US states sell driver’s license data, including photos. https://www.newsweek.com/dmv-drivers-license-data-database-integrity-department-motor-vehicles-1458141 https://www.newsweek.com/dmv-drivers-license-data-database-i...

MDWolinski 6y ago

Per the WSJ article on the same topic: "J.D. Power asks vehicle buyers about their experience during the first 90 days of owning a newly purchased car or truck. The Silicon Valley electric-car maker avoided past scrutiny by the 34-year-old survey because of a quirk in some state laws that require an auto maker’s permission to use new-vehicle registration data to contact customers. Tesla hasn’t provided that permission, according to J.D. Power." It goes on to say that the data was collected from 35 states that do not require Tesla's permission.