I'm a little confused by the discussion here. Please forgive me if I've missed something obvious. Much of the discussion seems to be around the government (us

I'm a little confused by the discussion here. Please forgive me if I've missed something obvious. Much of the discussion seems to be around the government (usually, but not limited to, police) monitoring the location and operation of a vehicle on public roads. While I'm not a huge fan of government surveillance, registering a vehicle (and obtaining a driver's license) and monitoring the performance of that vehicle (and its driver(s)) are governmental functions purporting to ensure the safe operation of a vehicle. Corporate entities, like auto manufacturers, dealers and "tech" companies have no such responsibility, nor do they have any role in (except in abiding by the law/regulation -- e.g., emissions standards). So, unless there is some sort of government mandate to collect such information, corporate entities have no reason (other than their own profit) to collect location, velocity and/or in-vehicle activities. IMNSHO, that they do so should be much more concerning than red light or speed cameras, being followed for a few miles by the police, or as is popular where street parking is a thing, checking registration/inspection expiry. Just as one (or should be) is horrified by the levels of tracking by corporate entities on IOT devices, "smart" TVs, dishwashers(?!?), etc., etc., etc., why are folks focusing on the government here? They aren't gathering the boatloads of information being collected by the corporate entities (and if the government starts buying such data, they should be smacked down hard!) that are invading/destroying what little privacy we might have. As such, I don't get why the focus is on the government rather than on the folks actually gathering all this data.