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General Motors (GM) and its subsidiary, OnStar, have reached a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission regarding allegations that they obtained and sold the location and driving information of millions of drivers without their consent. Over 6.1 million cars are produced annually by General Motors, which also owns the GMC, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Buick brands. Digital in-car services like navigation, communications, security, emergency services, and remote diagnostics are offered by GM's subsidiary, OnStar. The FTC alleged in its January 2025 complaint that GM used OnStar's now-discontinued "Smart Driver" feature, which was marketed as a driving-habits self-assessment tool rather than a data-collection mechanism, to collect precise geolocation data and detailed driving beh...

The telehealth company Cerebral and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission have struck a settlement in which Cerebral will pay $7,000,000 to resolve charges that it mishandled patients' private health information. Online treatment and medication management for a range of mental health issues, such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and substance misuse, are offered by Cerebral, a remote telehealth company. The corporation notified 3.2 million users of its websites, applications, and services in March 2023 of a data breach, stating that the use of tracking pixels on its platform had resulted in the exposure of their personal data. According to the FTC's lawsuit, Cerebral and its former CEO, Kyle Robertson, violated the company's cancellation policy and disclosed customers'...

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FTC bans GM from selling drivers’ location data for five years

Cerebral to pay $7 million settlement in Facebook pixel data leak case