• Driver distrust negating connected car benefits
    • 15/02/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The potential benefits of connected vehicles are not being realised due to distrust from drivers about who has access to their data. According to The Deloitte 2023 Global Automotive Consumer Study, 30% of motorists in the US are sceptical about sharing the personal data collected by connected cars. This means [...]
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  • Chorley Group invests in iStoreDOCS
    • 09/02/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Chorley Group has invested in new technology to improve the customer experience and enhance data security. The multi-franchise dealer, which operates nine sites across the North West, has teamed up with iStoreDOCS to roll out a cloud-based document system that will make it easier to share information across the [...]
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  • Cybercrime set for record levels
    • 16/01/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Dealers have been warned to prepare for record levels of cybercrime this year, as the cost-of-living crisis deepens. Automotive technology firm Mad Devs has encouraged them to work closely with their suppliers to ensure that security measures are in place and followed. This warning comes after a recent study by [...]
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  • Marriot Motor Group enhances security protocols
    • 01/02/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Marriot Motor Group has boosted the data security it can provide customers in a new partnership with iStoreDOCS. The iStoreDOCS platform, which integrates with sales and dealer technology systems to reduce the need to re-enter data and provides an audit trail of activity for each customer, has rolled out to 13 [...]
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  • CAPS celebrates global security standard
    • 15/11/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The secure data exchange platform CAPS has successfully passed the rigorous Type 1 Service Organisation Control (SOC2) security examination. This is a significant milestone in a year that has seen CAPS continue to grow rapidly, both in terms of numbers of users and transacting claims over the platform. SOC2 is a [...]
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  • CD Auction Group secures security certificate
    • 11/08/2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    CD Auction Group has achieved data security standard ISO27001 accreditation. This comes after installing new data protection systems and IT infrastructure to make it easier and safer for dealers to buy vehicles. Andy Pearce, managing director of CD Auction Group, said: “Over the last 18 months, we have [...]
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  • Car dealerships warned over data security
    • 14/05/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    New ruling means compensation is now payable without the need to show financial loss in event of data breaches Moore Blatch, a UK commercial and technology law firm, is warning car dealerships that they could be hit with compensation claims in the event of a data protection breach even if no ‘financial loss’ [...]
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