General Motors has stopped sharing details about how people drive its cars with 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.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/technology/gm-onstar-driver-data.html
@kashhill doing the lord's work.
@dangoodin But, like, the way we're supposed to be like, thanking GM for stopping. I wish upon them perennial bowel discomfort