General Motors (GM) has reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to address privacy concerns regarding its now-discontinued Smart Driver program. The program allegedly collected and shared precise geolocation data from millions of OnStar vehicles with third-party telematics analysis firms without informed consent. This data was used by insurance companies to raise rates for drivers deemed to be 'bad drivers'. The 20-year agreement requires GM to obtain affirmative consent from drivers before collecting connected vehicle data, allow drivers to access and delete their data, and ensure opt-out options for geolocation and driver behavior data collection.
General Motors on Thursday said that it has reached a settlement with the FTC "to address privacy concerns about our now-discontinued Smart Driver program." against the car maker, are that GM"collected precise geolocation data from millions of Gen10+ OnStar vehicles through a particular task that collected and transmitted precise geolocation data every three seconds."
GM says it discontinued its Smart Driver program last April, and"ended our third-party telematics relationships with LexisNexis and Verisk." And in September, the manufacturer consolidated multiple privacy statements into a single document, to make the legalese perhaps a little easier to understand.
"We are encouraged that the FTC is taking action under existing consumer protection law to put a stop to it. But because of ambiguity in the law, the best way to avoid these types of abuses in the future is a strong and clear comprehensive privacy law that restricts unwanted data sharing by default."FTC scolds two data brokers for allegedly selling your location to the meterlast August by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton based on unlawful data collection allegations related to OnStar.
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