The automaker was accused of collecting drivers' behavior data without their knowledge and providing it to third-party agencies that set insurance rates.

General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar are banned from selling customer geolocation and driving behavior data for five years, the Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday. For example, one ...

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."… Those concerns, articulated in the ...

GM sold precise driver data collected through OnStar and a discontinued feature called Smart Driver. The information could have hiked insurance rates.

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." ...

The Federal Trade Commission alleges that GM and OnStar — GM’s subscription-based in-vehicle safety and security system — collected, used, and sold drivers’ precise geolocation data and driving ...

GM said in a statement that it had ended its Smart Driver program last year. It had designed the program hoping to promote safe driving by analyzing and giving drivers feedback on their driving ...

The action addresses privacy concerns about GM's now-discontinued Smart Driver program, which allegedly collected and sold private data from millions of vehicles without properly notifying ...

General Motors will be banned for five years from disclosing data that it collects from drivers to consumer reporting agencies as part of a settlement with the government to resolve claims that the au ...

The agency said GM collected the data through connected vehicles and through its OnStar and Smart Driver features. GM said in a statement that it had discontinued the Smart Driver program ...

According to the FTC’s complaint, GM allegedly used deceptive practices to enroll drivers in OnStar services, such as the Smart Driver feature, potentially leading to elevated insurance rates.

Although Smart Driver was created to promote safer driving behavior, we ended that program due to customer feedback,” GM said in a statement. “The FTC consent order includes new measures that ...