WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has initiated its first enforcement action involving connected vehicle data, alleging that General Motors (GM) and its subsidiary OnStar ...

FTC Takes Action Against GM And OnStar Over Driver Data Collection . By Jonathan Lopez. January 16, 2025 4:58 pm . Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email Print. 34 . Sponsored.

The FTC says that when consumers bought a GM vehicle, they were encouraged to sign up for OnStar and its Smart Driver feature, which they were often told would be used to help them assess their ...

Every time you speed, slam the brakes or even drive late at night, GM has been tracking it and sending reports to the credit bureaus that could affect your insurance ...

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 ...

General Motors was outed last year for secretly collecting and selling drivers' detailed driving information without their consent. Now the FTC has smacked GM with a settlement that we can live with.

The Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement agreement with General Motors Co. and its OnStar subsidiary for collecting and selling driving behavior data from millions of vehicles in the ...

The agreement will be in force for 20 years, GM said. GM sold precise driving data without consent. The proposed order would prohibit GM and OnStar from sharing such data to consumer reporting ...

Today, the FTC proposed a settlement that will see both GM and OnStar banned from disclosing consumers’ geolocation and driver behavior data to consumer reporting agencies for five years.

The Federal Trade Commission has taken action against General Motors and OnStar for selling location and driving data from millions of GM car owners, allegedly without informed consent.

The FTC cites this example: one consumer told a GM customer service representative that "when I signed up for this, it was so OnStar could track me. They said nothing about reporting it to a third ...