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FTC Hits GM With 5-Year Ban on Sharing Driver Data With Third Parties
The automaker was accused of collecting drivers' behavior data without their knowledge and providing it to third-party agencies that set insurance rates.
GM banned from selling your driving data for five years
General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar are banned from selling customer geolocation and driving behavior data for five years, the Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday. For example, one ...
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GM parks claims that driver location data was given to insurers, pushing up premiums
General Motors on Thursday said that it has reached a settlement with the FTC "to address privacy concerns about our now-discontinued Smart Driver program."… Those concerns, articulated in the ...
GM accepts FTC order to stop sharing driver data without consent
GM sold precise driver data collected through OnStar and a discontinued feature called Smart Driver. The information could have hiked insurance rates.
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FTC to ban GM from sharing connected vehicle data with consumer reporting agencies
The agency alleged that GM and its OnStar technology through its now-discontinued Smart Driver program collected and sold drivers' location and driving history information from millions of ...
GM banned from sharing driving and location data with insurance companies
The Federal Trade Commission alleges that GM and OnStar — GM’s subscription-based in-vehicle safety and security system — collected, used, and sold drivers’ precise geolocation data and driving ...
FTC bans GM from sharing driving data to settle claims that the automaker sold data without consent
General Motors will be banned for five years from disclosing data that it collects from drivers to consumer reporting agencies as part of a settlement with the government to resolve claims that the au ...
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GM faces ban on selling driver data that can be used to raise insurance rates
The FTC said its complaint alleged that "GM used a misleading enrollment process to get consumers to sign up for its OnStar connected vehicle service and the OnStar Smart Driver feature." ...
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General Motors Barred From Selling Driver Data for 5 Years
The action addresses privacy concerns about GM's now-discontinued Smart Driver program, which allegedly collected and sold private data from millions of vehicles without properly notifying ...
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FTC Takes Action Against GM And OnStar Over Driver Data Collection
According to the FTC’s complaint, GM allegedly used deceptive practices to enroll drivers in OnStar services, such as the Smart Driver feature, potentially leading to elevated insurance rates.
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GM accepts FTC order to stop sharing driver data without consent
Although Smart Driver was created to promote safer driving behavior, we ended that program due to customer feedback,” GM said in a statement. “The FTC consent order includes new measures that ...