US regulator tells GM to hit the brakes on customer tracking

FTC Finalizes Order Banning GM From Sharing Driver Data

The order blocks GM’s data sharing for five years and requires the automaker to provide customers with easy options to disable, view, or delete their data for 20 years.

FTC Imposes 5-Year Ban on GM Disclosing Geolocation, Driver Data to Consumer Reporting Agencies

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finalized an order banning General Motors (GM) from disclosing consumers’ geolocation and driver behavior data to consumer reporting agencies for a period of five years, the agency said in a Jan. 14 statement. The FTC had filed a complaint against GM and its subsidiary OnStar LLC in January 2025. GM “collected, used, and sold drivers’ precise geolocation data and driving behavior information from millions o…

GM Is Officially Barred From Collecting, Sharing Driver Data... For Five Years

GM has to wait five whole years before it can collect and share driver data through OnStar again, Tesla's Canadian sales dropped like a rock in 2025, and more.

US regulator tells GM to hit the brakes on customer tracking

: Smart Driver pitched as safety app, but feds claim it's a data-harvesting scheme that jacked up premiums

FTC finalizes GM punishment over driver data sharing scandal

After reaching a proposed settlement last year, the FTC has banned General Motors from sharing specific consumer data with third parties.

FTC bans GM from selling drivers' location data for five years

The FTC has finalized an order with General Motors, settling charges that it collected and sold the location and driving data of millions of drivers without consent. [...]