GM and OnStar are facing intense scrutiny over data collection practices, with more than two dozen new lawsuits filed over the issue since March of last year.

GM touts OnStar as a service that will help consumers during an emergency and provide hands-free voice assistance and real-time traffic and navigation. The FTC says that over time, the company has increased the amount of data it collects through OnStar to include precise geolocation data- which is collected every three seconds for some users.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced action against General Motors (GM) and its subsidiary, OnStar, for unlawful collection and sale of drivers' precise geolocation and driving behavior data without first obtaining their consent.

In its complaint, the FTC alleged that Detroit-based GM used a misleading enrollment process to get consumers to sign up for OnStar’s services and its Smart Driver feature, which the automaker ...

This action marks the FTC’s first case involving connected vehicle data.

General Motors – once a trusted symbol of American innovation – was outed last year for secretly collecting and selling drivers' detailed driving information without their consent, with its OnStar Smart Driver technology.

General Motors (GM) reached a settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) which bans the company from disclosing consumers’ sensitive geolocation and driver behavior data to

Add CarBuzz to your Google News feed. According to the FTC, GM convinced customers to sign up for an OnStar program called Smart Driver. It promised to help drivers improve their driving ...

The Federal Trade Commission will bar the automaker from sharing customer geolocation and driver behavior with consumer reporting agencies for five years. The first such order, it will last 20 years,

The Federal Trade Commission has taken action against General Motors and OnStar for selling location and driving data from

The FTC alleges that GM and its OnStar subsidiary collected data from millions of vehicles without adequately notifying drivers.

The FTC says GM and OnStar sold the data - which can be used to set insurance rates - from millions of vehicles. In a press release, the FTC says as part of a proposed order that would settle the ...