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

GM sold driver data for profit, then killed the program when news broke. Now it's settled with the FTC over the matter.

The FTC has reached a proposed settlement with GM, prohibiting the automaker from sharing customer geolocation and driving behavior data.

“GM monitored and sold people’s precise geolocation data and driver behavior information, sometimes as often as every three seconds,” FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement. “With this action, the FTC is safeguarding Americans’ privacy and protecting people from unchecked surveillance.”

The US Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with General Motors Co. over claims the automaker deceived drivers by collecting their personal data and sharing it with third parties.

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 automaker shared such data without consumers’ permission.

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

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has imposed a five-year ban on General Motors (GM) and its subsidiary OnStar, prohibiting them from selling customer data, including geolocation and driving behavior.

This agreement stems from allegations that the auto giant collected and sold data from millions of vehicles without clear consumer consent.

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,

General Motors failed to disclose to customers that it tracked their precise locations and driving behavior and sold the data to third parties, the Federal Trade Commission alleged in a proposed order.