So the real question here is, How do they collect this data?
Is it only when you download so app from the mfg to the computer screen in the car?
If so, then don’t download their junk.
If they collect the data via various sensors in the car, then where are they so we can disable them.
With out this info, this story is meaningless.
Probably blutooth from your phone. Your phone knows all, and everything it talks to knows all.
You can’t disable the sensors or the collection and still have an operating vehicle.