....won't collect data from nonsubscribers
(OnStar Trek)
General Motors' OnStar service on Tuesday said it has dropped plans to keep collecting data from OnStar-equipped vehicles after owners have canceled the service.
The move comes in the wake of complaints about the data-collection plan from consumers and at least two members of Congress.
OnStar had told subscribers that, starting on Dec. 1, the company would have been able to sell or share anonymized data--data that doesn't identify an individual customer or vehicle--about vehicle location, speed and safety-belt usage with third parties. A customer would specifically have to ask OnStar to shut down the data connection, separate from canceling the service.
"We realize that our proposed amendments did not satisfy our subscribers," OnStar president Linda Marshall said in a statement
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OnStar shifts gears....
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Re: OnStar shifts gears....
Big Brother backs off his latest tightening of the screws...for now.
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Re: OnStar shifts gears....
That's how I see it as well.
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