As a former owner of 3 VW vehicles, it does not surprise me that they have skipped obvious steps needed to secure owner data. They cut costs across the board on

As a former owner of 3 VW vehicles, it does not surprise me that they have skipped obvious steps needed to secure owner data. They cut costs across the board on everything involved in producing vehicles for sale in the US to the point where their interior plastics were half the thickness of competitor's interior furnishings and their wire harnesses used the smallest gauge wire possible to carry the loads expected.