FTC Action Against GM & OnStar For Privacy Concerns

The Federal Trade Commission has finalized a sweeping enforcement order against General Motors and its OnStar subsidiary, ...
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FTC Finalizes Order Alleging Improper Collection and Sale of Geolocation Data

On January 14, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission finalized a sweeping order against General Motors LLC, General Motors Holdings LLC, and OnStar ...

GM slapped with five-year FTC penalty in data-selling scandal

GM sold a service without proper disclosures and sold precise geolocation and driver behavior data without proper consent, ...
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GM can’t sell your driving data for 5 years: Here’s hhat the FTC found

General Motors is now under a strict federal order that blocks it from selling your driving data for the next five years, a direct response to how the company handled location and behavior information ...

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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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 ...

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 ...
DBusiness

FTC Rules General Motors Sold Consumer Data Without Consent

The Federal Trade Commission has finalized an order with General Motors Co. in Detroit and OnStar settling allegations that ...
Ars Technica

GM faces ban on selling driver data that can be used to raise insurance rates

General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar agreed to a settlement that prohibits them from sharing driver location and behavior data with third parties, the Federal Trade Commission announced yesterday.
Law

Meta Latest Company to Be Hit With Geolocation Privacy Class Action

Meta was hit with a class action for allegedly collecting users' geolocation data without their consent. Both Amazon and Allstate were sued on similar claims in Washington, California and Illinois ...

How surveillance companies track smartphone users through advertising data

Companies are offering law enforcement agencies the ability to track smartphone users through advertising data gathered on their devices. Le Monde attended confidential presentations of these new ...
Finextra

Geolocation Analytics: A Data Engineering Approach to Combat Fraud

In today's digital landscape, where transactions occur instantaneously, ensuring security has become a top priority for businesses. One innovative method gaining momentum in fraud detection is the use ...