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.

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 ...

The state attorney general's lawsuit claims GM scooped up and sold data from vehicles sold in the Cornhusker State.

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers has filed a lawsuit against General Motors and OnStar, accusing the automaker and its ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Just days before federal government was to enforce the so-called click-to-cancel rule, an appeals court struck it down, ...

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 ...