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Automakers make money selling vehicle data as U.S. car privacy row spreads
A growing privacy debate in the United States is focusing on who should control location and driving-habit data collected by cars, after it emerged that such data was used in setting insurance rates. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission in January issued a final order barring General Motors and OnStar for five years from providing consumer location and driving-behavior data to consumer reporting agencies. Scrutiny is also widening to other automakers as lawmakers weigh new measures.
Mobility
California fines GM $12.75 million over driver data sales allegations
California imposed a $12.75 million penalty on General Motors over allegations it sold location and driving data from hundreds of thousands of OnStar users to data brokers. The settlement, pending court approval, also restricts GM’s business by barring it from selling consumer personal data for 5 years and requiring deletion of stored driver data within 180 days unless consent is renewed. GM must also stop selling driving data to consumer credit reporting agencies.
Mobility
GM tops 1 billion miles on Super Cruise, targets hands-off, eyes-off driving by 2028
General Motors plans to equip the 2028 Cadillac Escalade IQ with Level 3 autonomous driving features, aiming to commercialise highway driving that lets the driver take hands and eyes off. GM says Super Cruise has surpassed 1 billion miles of cumulative driving and is available on about 750,000 vehicles, covering about 700,000 miles of roads in North America. The next-generation system adds lidar, expands testing and increases AI use in software development.