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

The Federal Trade Commission has banned General Motors and subsidiary OnStar from sharing drivers’ precise location and behavior data with consumer reporting agencies for five years under a 20-year consent order finalized January 14.…

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