This is the first in a series of thought leadership reports about autonomous vehicles produced by Gowling WLG on behalf of UK Autodrive.

The UK is fast becoming a global hub for the development of autonomous and connected vehicle technologies with testing of driverless cars in the urban environment due to start later this year.

Autonomous and connected vehicles run on data. Data about the road, the weather, other traffic, the car's performance, the user's location, destination and so on. But is the industry being helped or hindered by data protection regulation? And how will the General Data Protection Regulation influence the sector's progress?

Download our white paper to explore: 

  • The need for regulatory clarity;
  • The practicalities of GDPR;
  • Consent issues; and
  • Roadblocks to innovation.