General Motors is sitting with its tail between its legs after it was caught gathering, then selling drivers’ data to ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleged General Motors (NYSE:GM) and its subsidiary OnStar over unauthorized sharing of driver data with third parties. The U.S. automaker has agreed to a five-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 ...

The Federal Trade Commission has taken action against General Motors and OnStar for selling location and driving data from millions of GM car owners, allegedly without informed consent.

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 ...

General Motors GM-0.52%decrease ... drivers’ locations and behavior data without their consent, the Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday. The Detroit company failed to clearly disclose ...

The Federal Trade Commission will ban General Motors Co. from sharing customer geolocation and driver behavior with consumer reporting agencies for five years under a newly proposed order settling ...

General Motors got caught selling OnStar customer data without the knowledge or permission of the vehicle owners. A lawsuit ...

General Motors and OnStar are barred from selling customer geolocation and driving behavior data for the next five years under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The agreement ...

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

“GM monitored and sold people’s precise geolocation data and driver behavior information, sometimes as frequently as every ...

General Motors will be banned for five ... according to a proposed order released by the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday. In its complaint, the FTC alleged that Detroit-based GM used a ...