System and method for privacy protection of seating biometrics

A system for providing privacy protection of biometric related information for an occupant in a vehicle, the system comprising:

• a vehicle seat;
• and
• a controller positioned within the vehicle seat and being configured to:
• receive first biometric information for a vehicle occupant from a plurality of biometric sensors;
• receive a first signal indicative of a first privacy setting from a plurality of privacy settings to share the first biometric information;
• transmit the first biometric information internally within the vehicle in response to the first signal;
• and
• prevent the first biometric information from being transmitted externally from the vehicle in response to the first signal.

A system for providing privacy protection of biometric related information for an occupant in a vehicle, the system comprising:

• a memory device;
• and
• a controller including the memory device and being configured to:
• receive biometric information for a vehicle occupant from a first mobile device;
• receive a signal indicative of a privacy setting from a plurality of privacy settings to share the biometric information from one of a user interface mounted in the vehicle and the first mobile device;
• and
• transmit the biometric information externally from the vehicle to one of an emergency call center and a second mobile device based on the signal.