A few days ago, the Shanghai Municipal Communications Administration issued an announcement that after the review of the expert group, the materials submitted by Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and SAIC Volkswagen Automobile Co., Ltd. were complete, the catalog was clear, the content was substantial, and the overall annual report quality was better. This also shows that Tesla has passed strict data compliance supervision and met all the review conditions formulated by the expert group of Shanghai Municipal Communications Administration: "The security management of enterprise data is legal and compliant, and there is a guarantee of technical measures", "Enterprises have strict internal control processes and measures for important data export, and have a record for outbound data"...
Among the about 30 companies participating in the review, only Tesla and SAIC Volkswagen passed the first round of review. For enterprises that have not passed the review, the Municipal Communications Administration has held a briefing meeting on the results of the review and asked the enterprises to resubmit the materials within a time limit.
Tesla data is stored in China
The submission of the data security annual report is the regulatory inspection requirement of the competent department for the data security situation of the enterprise throughout the year. It is of positive significance for enterprises to strengthen data security compliance management, strengthen communication and liaison with competent departments, and promote the safe and healthy development of the mainland automobile industry. This review confirms that Tesla's data management in China is standardized and safe, and Tesla's practices have also been recognized by relevant authorities and experts.
In fact, as early as October 25, 2021, Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory data center was completed in Lingang. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has stressed at multiple industry conferences in China that data security is the cornerstone of the development of the electric vehicle industry, tesla will localize all data generated in China, and strengthen cooperation with regulators.
Tesla has said that in accordance with the relevant requirements of the "Shanghai Data Center Construction Guidelines (2021 Edition)", Tesla has completed the relevant approval and filing requirements of the data center, and built the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory data center to store Chinese operation data such as factory production.
Vehicle data cannot be tampered with
In addition to data security, the authenticity of the data provided by intelligent car companies has also been clearly stated through this review.
According to the relevant technical personnel, like many smart cars, the data generated by Tesla vehicles is transmitted through the vehicle CAN bus, and the bus data is recorded in real time through the vehicle gateway, and stored in an immutable hexadecimal format in the log file of the vehicle gateway SD card, which records the data generated by the real bus and cannot be tampered with. If the user suspects that the car company is tampering with the data, the log file can be compared and verified by a third party for translation.
Previously, Tesla has been involved in several "brake failure" accident disputes, and some parties have questioned the authenticity of Tesla's driving data. Passing this review is also equivalent to responding to the public's statement that "driving data can be tampered with".
On August 20, 2021, the Several Provisions on automotive data security management were promulgated, and in accordance with the requirements of the Provisions, enterprises are required to submit annual reports related to data security. The review of the shanghai municipal communications administration expert group on the territorial enterprises is the first review work after the trial implementation of the "Provisions", which is of great significance to the healthy development of the industry.