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GM sold precise driver data collected through OnStar and a discontinued feature called Smart Driver. The information could have hiked insurance rates.

GM is banned from selling customer driving data to insurance companies and data brokers for five years, the Federal Trade Commission announced.

She learned that GM shared 603 entries with data brokers, including acceleration events, high-speed events and hard break events through what they call its Smart Driver Program.

General Motors Barred From Selling Driver Data for 5 Years The company allegedly collected and sold geolocation and driver behavior data to third-party companies.

"Last year, we discontinued Smart Driver across all GM vehicles, unenrolled all customers, and ended our third-party telematics relationships with LexisNexis and Verisk.

General Motors has been banned for five years from providing geolocation and driver behavior data from customers with consumer reporting agencies.

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The automaker said that last year it ended its Smart Driver program, unenrolled customers, and stopped selling telematics data to analytics companies LexisNexis and Verisk.

GM said in a statement that it had discontinued the Smart Driver program, which was designed to let drivers collect and study data to improve their driving habits, last year.