Information processing apparatus and information processing method for securing providing vehicle driver information

An information processing apparatus to be mounted on a first vehicle, the information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to: determine whether there is a record of consent, expressed in the past, from a driver of the first vehicle for acquisition, by an external apparatus, of first data acquired by the first vehicle during traveling, and issue an inquiry to the driver, in a case where there does not exist the record of the driver giving the consent for acquisition of the first data by the external apparatus, as to whether the driver gives the consent for acquisition of the first data by the external apparatus or not.