Your devices
In March 2024 the New York Times reported that GM was passing driving-behaviour data from its OnStar Smart Driver programme to LexisNexis and Verisk, which sell risk scores to insurers. GM stopped on 20 March 2024 and discontinued Smart Driver a month later. The US Federal Trade Commission sued in January 2025 and finalised its order on 14 January 2026: GM is barred for five years from sharing geolocation or driver-behaviour data with consumer reporting agencies, and for twenty years must get explicit consent and offer access, deletion and a way to switch location collection off. None of that binds GM in Canada. Canada's Privacy Commissioner has raised connected-vehicle privacy and funded research into automaker consent practices, but has taken no enforcement action.
Delete your phone's paired data from the car, especially before selling it or ending a lease. Check the manufacturer's app for a data sharing or driving score setting and turn it off.
Working out what your specific make and model actually transmits. This varies enormously and the documentation is deliberately unhelpful.
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Checked 4 Sep 2026 · Review by Mar 2027
FTC complaint of January 2025 and final order of 14 January 2026. Canadian position from the Privacy Commissioner's April 2026 testimony. No Canadian enforcement action found.
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