On April 15th, the official Weibo account of the Legal Department of Ideal Automobile stated that recently, the company received a report from users that they saw someone spreading pornographic images taken by the camera inside Ideal Automobile's car in the WeChat group.
The legal department of Ideal Automobile solemnly declares that none of the over 700000 delivered Ideal Automobile vehicles have the ability to remotely view and store images, audio, and videos through their in car sensors.
The legal department of Ideal Automobile stated that the company places privacy at the top priority, and the dash cam only allows local storage for car owners and does not record sound. Ideal Automobile respects and protects user privacy and security, and all data processing behaviors comply with relevant national laws and regulations.
The Legal Department of Ideal Automobile pointed out that criminals use devices other than vehicles to shoot pornographic images, and use grafting methods to spread and smear through WeChat groups. The methods are extremely dirty and malicious, and the circumstances are extremely serious, which is a typical illegal and criminal behavior.
Ideal Automobile has collected relevant evidence and reported the case to the public security organs as soon as possible for criminals to create and spread online rumors through fraudulent means such as grafting flowers and trees. "We have zero tolerance for any act of smearing a company through illegal and criminal means, and will use legal means to hold the criminals behind it accountable, safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of Ideal Automobile and its users. Please be aware of the truth and do not believe or spread rumors."
Ideal Automobile has become the second car company recently to fall into scandalous public opinion. According to a previous report by a reporter from Wancai News Agency, an indecent video taken inside a Gaohe car recently spread among car owners and social media, and was accused of "leaking photos taken by Gaohe car cameras.".
On April 10th, Gaohe Automobile publicly stated that Gaohe is unable to access camera images and should not spread rumors, spread or mislead the public. It also stated that an official letter has been issued and the case is under investigation.
According to a previous visit by a reporter from Nandu · Wancai News Agency, high-end models of new power car companies such as Sailis AITO Automobile (Wenjie Series), NIO Automobile, Xiaopeng Automobile, Lingpao Automobile, and Jike Automobile are generally equipped with in car cameras, mainly for driver fatigue monitoring. At present, most of the image data captured by the in car camera is not uploaded to the cloud, but is processed in the car. Some operational parameters and data conclusions may be recorded and uploaded to the enterprise cloud for the purpose of improving algorithms.
However, many experts still remind that there is still a risk of leakage in the storage, transmission, and other aspects of data.