The age of connected cars is coming. And when that happens, roll down the windows and toss out your privacy. You don't need it. Because you never had it in the first place.

Ford's Global VP/Marketing and Sales, Jim Farley, said in a panel discussion about data privacy today at CES that because of the GPS units installed in Ford vehicles, Ford knows when its drivers are speeding and where they are when they are doing it.

Of course, Farley was trying to describe just how much data Ford has on its customers. He says that the company uses very little of it to avoid any privacy concern(s).

"We know everyone who breaks the law, we know when you're doing it. We have GPS in your car, so we know what you're doing. By the way, we don't supply that data to anyone," he told attendees.

But is that such a bad thing after all? What if all that data could one day be used, anonymously, and aggregated to help with traffic related problems?

Sounds like an idea we'll buy in to.