FTC finalizes GM punishment over driver data sharing scandal

Apple's Siri AI will be powered by Gemini The automaker sold driver data to insurance companies without permission. After reaching a proposed settlement last year, the FTC has banned General Motors from sharing specific consumer data with third parties, reported. The finalized order wraps up one of the more egregious cases of a corporation collecting its customers' data and then using it against them. Two years ago, the released a report detailing how GM's OnStar Smart Driver program collected and sold detailed geolocation and driving behavior data to third parties, including data brokers. Those brokers in turn sold the data to insurance providers, which jacked up the rates for some drivers based on the data.