GM's 5-year ban on collecting, sharing driver data formalized by feds

GM agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission last January over allegations it mined geolocation and driving ...

The FTC’s data-sharing order against GM is finally settled

The order, first proposed a year ago, bans GM from collecting and then selling geolocation data to third parties, like data ...
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GM shares drop after FTC bans automaker from sharing consumers’ geolocation data

GM is now banned from disclosing consumers’ geolocation and driver behavior data to consumer reporting agencies for five ...

FTC finalizes order preventing GM, OnStar from spying on drivers and selling their data to companies

"Never did I imagine it would be spying on us and sending information about driving habits," one woman told us.
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Is Ford Micromanaging Your Connected Vehicle's Data?

We do our best to treat year-long test vehicles like we own them, sampling all the handy services like vehicle location and remote start and unlocking via smart-phone apps. With some, we even sample ...
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Lawmakers call out eight automakers for sharing connected vehicle data

It’s no secret that modern cars collect a stunning amount of data about the people who own and drive them, but the scope of that collection and what is being done with it might come as a surprise.