Ford / FordPass
Ford Motor Company · Connected Car
✓ Reviewed
Index
Collects connected-vehicle telemetry through FordPass; Mozilla's 2023 review failed all 25 major car brands including Ford for confusing and permissive privacy terms.
Why this rating
Ford failed Mozilla's 2023 privacy review alongside all other major car brands for confusing and overly permissive terms, though no confirmed data-sale or breach incident specific to FordPass was found.
What it is
- GPS / location
- Requires a cloud account
- Works offline
- Manufacturer
- Ford Motor Company
- Category
- Connected Car
- Model years
- 2016-present
- Market status
- Current
- Companion app
- FordPass
The evidence 2
Independent research, regulatory action, lawsuits, breaches and journalism about this device — the "what actually happens" axis. Each links to its source.
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Mozilla's *Privacy Not Included* review found all 25 major car brands failed its privacy standards, the worst category it had ever reviewed.
Why it matters here: Mozilla's Privacy Not Included review failed Ford along with all other reviewed car brands.
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Mozilla's full category page rating individual car-brand privacy practices, all of which failed its criteria.
Why it matters here: Mozilla's dedicated cars category page includes Ford's specific failing assessment.
Descriptive, cited, not legal advice; ratings are versioned and corrections create a new version. Data from the IoT Info Grabber DB research project, CC BY-SA 4.0.