FTC Bans GM From Selling Your Driving Data, But Not For Long

A new order says OnStar data sharing went too far, and now the brakes are on. - FTC says GM sold location and driving data without clear consent. - Order bars sharing with reporting agencies for full five years. - Drivers can opt out and request old data about them be deleted. If you’ve ever had the creeping suspicion that your car, and the company behind it, knows more about you than it probably should, you’re not imagining things. But the pushback has already started. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has just slapped a ban on GM preventing it from...