Engineius launches the Vehicle Movement Industry’s First Data Privacy Service, Engineius DataClear, powered by Privacy4Cars
Tech-led vehicle movement specialist, Engineius, has released a groundbreaking new service offering to delete in-vehicle personal data for its customers.
Personal data retained on vehicles represents a significant GDPR risk for fleets, lenders and insurers. Research by Privacy4Cars found that personal data is regularly left in vehicles, making it the largest unreported potential for GDPR data breaches, affecting millions of UK drivers and passengers each year.
Engineius DataClear, Powered by Privacy4Cars, will be available to its customers through its network of 600 drivers and transport agents. Once data deletion is completed, a certificate will be generated, providing customers with an auditable record of compliance.
Phill Jones, CEO Engineius explains: “We are delighted to be partnering with Privacy4Cars to offer our customers this crucial service. Deleting a vehicle’s data during Engineius’ vehicle movement process ensures clients protect their business from the risk of exposing personal and customer data, and to comply with GDPR as required in the remarketing process.”
The UK National Association of Motor Auctions (NAMA) recently introduced a list of prerequisite requirements to obtain a “NAMA Data Deletion and Privacy Protection Certification” including data deletion objectivity, auditability and reporting, operational workflows, and GDPR-aligned governance. This standard was subsequently published by NAMA and, recently, was welcomed by the Vehicle Remarketing Association (VRA). Privacy4Cars is the first and thus far the only commercially available solution to meet the standard.
The partnership comes at a pivotal time for UK automotive companies. In communications featured in Privacy4Cars’ April 2026 whitepaper, the ICO advised that automotive companies are Controllers under GDPR, which requires them to delete in-vehicle personal data with an objective, repeatable, auditable method before the vehicle changes hands. With Engineius DataClear, Powered by Privacy4Cars, Controllers can now appoint Engineius to delete the data, on their behalf.
“We're proud to partner with such a forward-thinking player as Engineius," said Andrea Amico, Privacy4Cars founder and CEO. "By adopting our patented privacy solution, Engineius is helping its customers extend their existing device management policies from laptops and smartphones to the vehicles in their fleets and raising the bar for the entire industry on safety, security, GDPR compliance, and ethical business practices."
For more information about Engineius DataClear, Powered by Privacy4Cars, please visit: www.engineius.co.uk/dataclear
About PRIVACY4CARS
Privacy4Cars is the first and only global data privacy-tech company focused on creating privacy, safety, security, and compliance solutions for the automotive industry. Its growing portfolio of auto privacy tools benefit companies and consumers, alike, through three powerful services: Disclose, Delete, Disconnect.
Privacy4Cars' AutoCleared™ is the only patented solution to efficiently manage, execute, and log the deletion of personal information from cars (phone numbers, call logs, location history, garage door codes, and more). It is an objective, repeatable, auditable method that leading auto companies (OEM captives, auto finance, fleets, dealerships, etc.) have used to safeguard 3 million drivers and passengers by erasing their personal data from vehicles they no longer own. Its Vehicle Privacy Report™ tool is a first-of-its-kind solution for full and transparent privacy disclosures which has over a million visitors, and its dealer inventory badges generate millions of impressions per month.
For more information, please visit https://privacy4cars.com.