Posted on 03/25/2024 8:32:29 PM PDT by george76
G.M. had provided information about braking, acceleration and speed to LexisNexis Risk Solution and Verisk, firms that generated driver risk profiles for insurers...
General Motors said Friday that it had stopped sharing details about how people drove its cars with two data brokers that created risk profiles for the insurance industry.
The decision followed a New York Times report this month that G.M. had, for years, been sharing data about drivers’ mileage, braking, acceleration and speed with the insurance industry. The drivers were enrolled — some unknowingly, they said — in OnStar Smart Driver, a feature in G.M.’s internet-connected cars that collected data about how the car had been driven and promised feedback and digital badges for good driving.
Some drivers said their insurance rates had increased as a result of the captured data, which G.M. shared with two brokers, LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Verisk. The firms then sold the data to insurance companies.
Since Wednesday, “OnStar Smart Driver customer data is no longer being shared with LexisNexis or Verisk,” a G.M. spokeswoman, Malorie Lucich, said
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Romeo Chicco, a Florida man whose insurance rates nearly doubled after his Cadillac collected his driving data, filed a complaint seeking class-action status against G.M., OnStar and LexisNexis this month.
An internal document, reviewed by The Times, showed that as of 2022, more than eight million vehicles were included in Smart Driver. An employee familiar with the program said the company’s annual revenue from Smart Driver was in the low millions of dollars.
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Sure they did.
Looks like GM is off the “buy” list...
I will never own a vehicle that is connected to the Interwebs.
That’s funny!
” G.M. had, for years, been sharing data about drivers’ mileage, braking, acceleration and speed with the insurance industry. The drivers were enrolled — some unknowingly, they said — in OnStar Smart Driver, a feature in G.M.’s internet-connected cars that collected data about how the car had been driven and promised feedback and digital badges for good driving. “
Only a tech obsessed Bugman could be convinced to pay extra for a program that tracks them and sells the behavioural data.
Give me a really “dumb” vehicle with absolutely NO sensors , recorders or communications devices.
And don’t take a cell phone with you, if you can help it.
And if you really DO need to take a cell phone with you, try to keep it in a Faraday cage if you aren’t actively using it
Further proof how securely in bed with government is Government Motors.
I will never buy a product of theirs. UAW junk
GM got bailed out by the obama admin. And they installed Mary Barra as the CEO. Damn right they are in bed with the fedgov.
I have a couple of 1970’s era VW beetles and a 2018 Toyota truck.
“And if you really DO need to take a cell phone with you, try to keep it in a Faraday cage if you aren’t actively using it”
Turning it off would work, wouldn’t it? Maybe not???
How far back does one have to go to find a vehicle that isn’t connected in some way?
Apparently for most GMs, to the rear wheels. Unplug and enjoy.
https://www.wikihow.com/Deactivate-OnStar
AND everybody wonders why I drive a 1976 truck & a 1979 car.
NO ON STAR
I don’t think my 2005 Mazda Tribute is connected.
GM must have found out the recording devices were made in China odd data kept showing up.
I would think any vehicle that you did not have you pay for monthly interwebs service would not be connected to the interwebs.
Nope. Many apps, the phone company and the government can turn it on if they want even after you turn it off; Some phones are NEVER actually off even if you pull the battery, Faraday cage is the only way to be sure.
Any “need” for services such as OnStar has long since been eliminated by apps tied into some smartphones. I’d much rather use my iPhone and/or Apple Watch for similar features because Apple actually respects your privacy.
And so many have forgotten how GM well earned the moniker Government Motors.
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