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Originally Posted by Evergreen6
Consent seems to be the central issue with GM, which is why this is very quickly becoming a much bigger issue. Dealers enrolled their customers without their knowledge, or the "car" is considered enrolled, and a new buyer may or may not know the car is being recorded, etc.
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Agree. Find it interesting that on the Camaro itself there is no screen prompt to turn off the data sharing of telematics or to restrict that info to GM. You also cannot turn off the Wifi, at least I can't find a prompt to do that with.
I have never used the GM app so can't turn the data sharing off with that. I did find a form filled out by the dealer at purchase that auto enrolled me in OnStar in a free trial (which I really didn't want), on that form it stated I had opted out of data sharing. What exactly does that mean?
Did GM pay any attention to that? Not sure, I have a request in for GM's privacy dep't to give me an answer, they responded for some further info from me so still waiting after I gave them what they needed.
I contrast that to my Ford Explorer which clearly allows me to turn off insurance sharing with a prompt and wifi as well on the screen. I don't really care if Ford has the telematic info, just don't share it where it can be related back to me individually for any reason.
I'm in Canada, we have some reasonably strong privacy laws, but it always get tricky when it comes down to the details.