At least the programs are (currently) opt-in.
This amusing anecdote is buried:
> One driver lamented having data collected during a “track day,” while testing out the Corvette’s limits on a professional racetrack. > [...] he was denied auto insurance by seven companies [...]
Pressing the SOS button to cancel [as sticker suggested] was met with so much difficulty that (while the operator was on the line still) I found the fuse panel and pulled out `DCS` to disconnect the call/tracking. This ended our trasmission.
The worst part is that assumptions about who’s driving the vehicle.
The article makes clear that most people don't know what's happening with their data. They opt into something else and this data collection is included - that doesn't sound like much of an 'option'.
The track day thing probably was the funniest thing in the article, though.