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Massachusetts Legislation Would Require Standardized Access to Vehicle Data and Telematics

March 13, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

Right to Repair Coalition supports legislation to assure independent consumer and repairer access to diagnostic systems and telematics data.

The Massachusetts Right to Repair Coalition is supporting legislation introduced in the commonwealth to amend the 2012 Right to Repair law to expand protection for a consumers’ right to own and control the data generated by their vehicle. The legislation would require new vehicle manufacturers to equip vehicles with “an inter-operable, standardized and open access platform across all makes and models that is capable of securely communicating all telematics vehicle data in a standardized format via direct data connection to the

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