New Atlas13h
FTC curbs GM’s data sales blamed for insurance rate increases
General Motors – once a trusted symbol of American innovation – was outed last year for secretly collecting and selling ...
Government Technology14h
In a First, FTC to Ban GM from Sharing Connected Vehicle Data
The Federal Trade Commission will bar the automaker from sharing customer geolocation and driver behavior with consumer reporting agencies for five years. The first such order, it will last 20 years, ...
Federal government orders GM to stop collecting, selling drivers’ data
The Federal Trade Commission says consumers didn’t know that General Motors was collecting data about their driving through ...
autobodynews16h
FTC Cracks Down on GM, OnStar Over Data Privacy Violations
This action marks the FTC’s first case involving connected vehicle data.
CNET16h
General Motors Barred From Selling Driver Data for 5 Years
General Motors and subsidiary OnStar will be banned for five years from sharing drivers' precise geolocation and driving ...
PC Magazine21h
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 ...
Leadership1d
GM Banned from Selling Driver Data in FTC Settlement
GM banned for selling driver data for five years after misleading sign-ups and selling sensitive information, FTC claims.
GM parks claims that driver location data was given to insurers, pushing up premiums
OnStar is GM's subscription-based, in-car communication service, sold to drivers for security, emergency services, navigation ...
Your car knows a lot about you. The FTC wants to make sure GM and other carmakers don’t take advantage.
U.S. regulators took aim at General Motors and its OnStar unit late Thursday, saying that they had taken their first-ever ...
GM Agrees to 5-Year Ban on Selling Drivers' Location Data
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. automaker General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar agreed not to disclose sensitive vehicle ...
OnStar used to find vehicle used by suspects accused of killing 2 16-year-olds, police say
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Police used OnStar inside a vehicle to track down the two teens they say murdered two 16-year-olds in ...