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." Lina ...

GM discontinued Smart Driver across all GM vehicles last year, unenrolled all its customers, and ended third-party telematics relationships with LexisNexis and Verisk.

Let GM's OnStar Smart Driver feature be a cautionary tale. With our cars becoming smartphones on wheels, it seems the shady tracking technology you know and loathe from apps and personal devices ...

They also must be able to obtain their data, which as of September wasn't available, and delete it.Now, GM customers in all 50 states can submit a privacy request form online to seek their data ...

GM's OnStar Smart Driver system did more than just assist with lockouts, emergencies and directions. GM. 3 / 4. Cadillac, a GM brand, is equipped with multiple data collection points . GM. 4 / 4.

GM said in a release that it's already taken steps to improve consumer privacy, including discontinuing its Smart Driver program across all vehicles and ending its relationship with third-party ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleged General Motors (NYSE:GM) and its subsidiary OnStar over unauthorized sharing of driver data with third parties. The U.S. automaker has agreed to a five ...

“GM monitored and sold people’s precise geolocation data and driver behavior information, sometimes as often as every three seconds,” FTC Chair Lina M. Khan said in a statement.

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.

Read: Texas Sues GM For Illegally Selling 1.8M Drivers’ Data to Insurers. GM would go on to sell information, including data related to hard braking, speeding, and late-night driving, to ...

FTC accused GM of using a “misleading enrollment process” to get vehicle owners to sign up for its OnStar connected vehicle service and Smart Driver feature.

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.