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{{Under Development|date=January 14, 2025}}General Motors, along with other automakers, collect vast amounts of data from modern vehicles. This data includes locations, trip start and stop times, and granular driving behavior.<ref name=":0" /> This data is then often shared with law enforcement without a warrant<ref name=":1" /> or sold to third-party data brokers'''<ref name=":2" />''' - which has been alleged to have been re-sold to insurance companies, resulting in raised insurance premiums.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /> | |||
This article is specifically about the business practices of General Motors and how these practices harm consumers. | |||
== Background == | |||
NY Times story about a driver finding out how car manufacturers are collecting data from your car and selling it to insurance companies - resulting in higher premiums. <ref name=":0">[https://web.archive.org/web/20240311090514/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/technology/carmakers-driver-tracking-insurance.html Hill, Kashmir. "''Automakers Are Sharing Consumers' Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies''." The New York Times, March 11, 2024.] </ref> | |||
<ref>[https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/General%20Motors%20Original%20Petition%20Filestamped.pdf District Court | Letter from Senators Wyden (D-OR) and Markey (D-MA). This letter requests that the FTC investigate auto manufacturers for deceiving customers, by turning over driving data without a warrant. <ref name=":1">[https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/signed_wyden_markey_letter_to_ftc_with_attachmentpdf.pdf Senator Wyden, Ron and Senator Edward J. Markey. ''<nowiki>Request that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigate several automobile manufacturers [...]</nowiki>''. Received by Honorable Lina M. Kahn, Federal Trade Commission. April 30, 2024.]</ref> | ||
Letter from Senators Wyden (D-OR) and Markey (D-MA). This letter urges the FTC to investigate automakers' disclosure of driving data to data brokers. <ref name=":2">[https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden-markey_auto_privacy_letter_to_ftc.pdf Senator Wyden, Ron and Senator Edward J. Markey. ''<nowiki>Urg[ing] the [...] (FTC) to investigate automakers’ disclosure of [...] driving data to data brokers</nowiki>''. Received by Honorable Lina M. Kahn, Federal Trade Commission. July 26, 2024.]</ref> | |||
Filing by the Texas Attorney General in the 457th Judicial District Court in Montgomery County, Texas, for violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices - Consumer Protection Act (DTPA) and Texas Business and Commerce Code sections 17.41-17.63. <ref name=":3">[https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/General%20Motors%20Original%20Petition%20Filestamped.pdf 457th Judicial District Court, Montgomery County, Texas. ''State of Texas v. General Motors LLC and OnStar LLC'', 24-08-12392. texasattorneygeneral.gov, 2024.]</ref> | |||
== Data Theft == | |||
In the court filing beginning on Page 8<ref name=":3" />, the State alleges that GM unilaterally collected customer data and, unbeknownst to those customers, ''penalized'' their "bad" driving behavior. | |||
== See Also == | |||
* [[Automotive data privacy]] | |||
* [[Vehicle telematics]] | |||
* [[Connected car security]] | |||
* [[Volkswagen Car Location Data Exposure Incident]] | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Vehicle privacy incidents]] | |||
[[Category:Automotive industry incidents]] | |||
Latest revision as of 03:14, 15 January 2025
General Motors, along with other automakers, collect vast amounts of data from modern vehicles. This data includes locations, trip start and stop times, and granular driving behavior.[1] This data is then often shared with law enforcement without a warrant[2] or sold to third-party data brokers[3] - which has been alleged to have been re-sold to insurance companies, resulting in raised insurance premiums.[1][4]
This article is specifically about the business practices of General Motors and how these practices harm consumers.
Background[edit | edit source]
NY Times story about a driver finding out how car manufacturers are collecting data from your car and selling it to insurance companies - resulting in higher premiums. [1]
Letter from Senators Wyden (D-OR) and Markey (D-MA). This letter requests that the FTC investigate auto manufacturers for deceiving customers, by turning over driving data without a warrant. [2]
Letter from Senators Wyden (D-OR) and Markey (D-MA). This letter urges the FTC to investigate automakers' disclosure of driving data to data brokers. [3]
Filing by the Texas Attorney General in the 457th Judicial District Court in Montgomery County, Texas, for violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices - Consumer Protection Act (DTPA) and Texas Business and Commerce Code sections 17.41-17.63. [4]
Data Theft[edit | edit source]
In the court filing beginning on Page 8[4], the State alleges that GM unilaterally collected customer data and, unbeknownst to those customers, penalized their "bad" driving behavior.
See Also[edit | edit source]
- Automotive data privacy
- Vehicle telematics
- Connected car security
- Volkswagen Car Location Data Exposure Incident
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hill, Kashmir. "Automakers Are Sharing Consumers' Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies." The New York Times, March 11, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Senator Wyden, Ron and Senator Edward J. Markey. Request that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigate several automobile manufacturers [...]. Received by Honorable Lina M. Kahn, Federal Trade Commission. April 30, 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Senator Wyden, Ron and Senator Edward J. Markey. Urg[ing] the [...] (FTC) to investigate automakers’ disclosure of [...] driving data to data brokers. Received by Honorable Lina M. Kahn, Federal Trade Commission. July 26, 2024.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 457th Judicial District Court, Montgomery County, Texas. State of Texas v. General Motors LLC and OnStar LLC, 24-08-12392. texasattorneygeneral.gov, 2024.
