# Teenagers and Automated Vehicles: Are They Ready to Use Them?
## 4 Results and Discussion
### Focus Group Results
#### 4.1.9. Would You Agree to Share Your Mobility Data and with Whom?  
When it comes to sharing mobility data, a large majority of the teenagers answered positively or would agree under specific requirements; instead, only a few would refuse or were undecided. For those willing to share mobility data, the main justification was that they already share this information through social media and other applications. In addition, the teenagers see it as being linked to the geolocation feature used in mobile phones, a set of geographic coordinates that could be helpful in quickly locating a car involved in a crash and in being reached by emergency services.  
_\"I think that it's not really different from the geolocation of mobile phones, so it would not change much. And also, it would be beneficial, when there is a crash, to understand how it happened and everything\"_. [PERSON], 17 y/o  
The teenagers further elaborated on the value added by the geolocation feature to track criminals and stolen vehicles. Others mentioned that this could relieve parents' concerns when allowing their kids to ride in an AV unaccompanied since this would enable them to remain aware of their children's location at any time. In addition, traffic jams could be anticipated and vehicles could adapt their route to roads with less traffic.  
On the other hand, those expressing a reserved willingness to share data mentioned a set of constraints that could be applied to freely share them. Worries were highlighted regarding how their data would be kept and processed and how long they would remain stored. For this reason, some participants were ready to share any relevant information if anonymous or encrypted, collected by trusted entities, stored for a clearly specified retention period, and collected for purposes that were transparently communicated.  
Some participants were opposed to the idea of sharing their data and mentioned that a possible share would compromise their safety since their privacy would be violated. Others also started wondering whether it was essential and who would benefit from collecting their information.  
_\"I would not like to share, [...]. I do not want like others see all my private data. Not because I've got something to hide, but like it's part of my privacy and I would feel unsafe and probably like not comfortable in my own space\"_. [PERSON], 17 y/o  
Concerning the entity that they would like to share this information with, teenagers mentioned that they would trust the European Commission and the research institutions which do not aim to make profit on the data collected. They believe that these entities would keep only the important part of these data that were useful for the progress of science and would delete the unnecessary information. The teenagers mentioned that they would agree to share this information with their insurance and maintenance companies and with their close social circle with whom they often travelled together.  
_\"I would share it with people in my close circle and people with whom I travel quite often. If I meet a random hitchhiker in the middle of the road, I will not share any data with them. I would keep it to a very private bubble\"_. [PERSON], 17 y/o  
At this point, the teenagers mentioned that they would like to share data with private or public entities if these were useful in stopping infractions. Conversely, opposite views were raised by those who see with suspicion the data sharing and translate it into money that flows among companies. To better support their views, some of them mentioned examples of visiting places and then automatically receiving requests to review such places on their mobiles. In addition, the teenagers would not be willing to share information that could be used by employers to better monitor their employees.  
The willingness to share their mobility data was expressed by the majority of the teenagers; this contradicts many of the findings in the literature where various groups raised privacy concerns when assuming AVs would come into use [86; 90; 91].