[sickoflibs]

RE :”Navigation-and-emergency-services company OnStar is notifying its six million account holders that it will keep a complete accounting of the speed and location of OnStar-equipped vehicles, even for drivers who discontinue monthly service. OnStar began e-mailing customers Monday about its update to the privacy policy, which grants OnStar the right to sell that GPS-derived data in an anonymized format. Adam Denison, a spokesman for the General Motors subsidiary, said OnStar does not currently sell customer data, but it reserves that right. He said both the new and old privacy policies allow OnStar to chronicle a vehicle’s every movement and its speed, though it’s not clear where that’s stated in the old policy. “What’s changed [is that if] you want to cancel your OnStar service, we are going to maintain a two-way connection to your vehicle unless the customer says otherwise,” Denison said in a telephone interview. ”

While they claim you can request that they don't monitor YOUR car's movements there should be a clear method of disabling the device in the car (by pulling a power connection plug) by customers when they no longer want the service.

[apillar]

While they claim you can request that they don't monitor YOUR car's movements there should be a clear method of disabling the device in the car (by pulling a power connection plug) by customers when they no longer want the service.

I don't know if it's the same with all vehicals, but when I bought a 2005 Monte Carlo that came with On-Star installed. There was a box labeled "On-Star" in the corner of the trunk, with two plugs going into in. One I assume was power/data and the other was the antenna. I unplugged both.

[stephenjohnbanker]

” While they claim you can request that they don’t monitor YOUR car’s movements there should be a clear method of disabling the device in the car (by pulling a power connection plug) by customers when they no longer want the service. “

There is......in the trunk.

Take THAT,SOL !

LOL!!

[liberty_lvr]

Yet another reason (like I needed another one) why I will never, NEVER buy a Gov’t Motors car. Shame too, I like some of the stuff they’re producing now despite the suspect quality.

[Tublecane]

“if] you want to cancel your OnStar service, we are going to maintain a two-way connection to your vehicle unless the customer says otherwise”

I thought cancelling service *was* the customer saying otherwise.

[TXnMA]

[Marine_Uncle]

"While they claim you can request that they don't monitor YOUR car's movements there should be a clear method of disabling the device in the car (by pulling a power connection plug) by customers when they no longer want the service."
That would make things to common sense. Mustn't go down that route.