The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced action against General Motors (GM) and its subsidiary, OnStar, for unlawful collection and sale of drivers' precise geolocation and driving behavior data without first obtaining their consent.

General Motors (GM) reached a settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) which bans the company from disclosing consumers’ sensitive geolocation and driver behavior data to

The Federal Trade Commission has taken action against General Motors and OnStar for selling location and driving data from

GM sold driver data for profit, then killed the program when news broke. Now it's settled with the FTC over the matter.

GM touts OnStar as a service that will help consumers during an emergency and provide hands-free voice assistance and real-time traffic and navigation. The FTC says that over time, the company has increased the amount of data it collects through OnStar to include precise geolocation data- which is collected every three seconds for some users.

General Motors and OnStar are barred from selling customer geolocation and driving behavior data for the next five years under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).The agreement comes after a New York Times investigation revealed that GM collected detailed information about drivers’ habits and sold it to insurance companies and data brokers,

The U.S. carmaker had been harvesting drivers' data that was of particular value for insurers keen on better assessing the risk posed by policyholders.

In March 2024, a New York Times report uncovered how connected cars with built-in telematics share driver statistics and data with insurers, often without the owners

General Motors will be banned for five years from disclosing ... In its complaint, the FTC alleged that Detroit-based GM used a misleading enrollment process to get consumers to sign up for ...

General Motors and subsidiary OnStar will be banned for five years from sharing drivers' precise geolocation and driving behavior data with consumer reporting agencies, under a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission, the FTC said in a release Thursday.

General Motors will be banned for five years from disclosing ... In its complaint, the FTC alleged that Detroit-based GM used a misleading enrollment process to get consumers to sign up for ...

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