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GM banned from selling your driving data for five years

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Summary
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74% Informative

GM and its subsidiary OnStar are banned from selling customer geolocation and driving behavior data for five years .

FTC accused GM of using a “misleading enrollment process” to get vehicle owners to sign up for its OnStar service and Smart Driver feature.

The automaker failed to disclose to customers that it was collecting their data, nor did GM seek out their consent.

VR Score

74

Informative language

72

Neutral language

28

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

57

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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