Security and Privacy in Your Car Study Act

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The Security and Privacy in Your Car Study Act of 2017, short title "SPY Car Study Act of 2017", is a bill introduced in the House of Representatives by Reps. Joe Wilson and Ted Lieu in January 2017 and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.^[1] It built upon a previous bill introduced in the House in 2015.^[2] In 2015, another bill was introduced in the Senate directing the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to create standards for automakers regarding cybersecurity.^[3] The SPY Car Study Act of 2017 does not introduce any new regulations, but mandates a study done by the NHTSA into the safety of cars against technological threats.

This bill requires the NHTSA to conduct a study to determine and recommend standards for the regulation of the cybersecurity of motor vehicles manufactured or imported for sale in the United States. The study shall identify:

• Isolation measures that are necessary to separate critical software systems that can affect the driver's control of the movement of the vehicle from other software systems;
• Measures that are necessary to detect and prevent or minimize anomalous codes, in vehicle software systems, associated with malicious behavior;
• Techniques that are necessary to detect and prevent, discourage, or mitigate intrusions into vehicle software systems and other cybersecurity risks in motor vehicles;
• Best practices to secure driving data about a vehicle's status or about the owner, lessee, driver, or passenger of a vehicle that is collected by the electronic systems of motor vehicles;
• A timeline for implementing systems and software that reflect such measures, techniques, and best practices.^[4]