Senator Goes After 'Brazen' OnStar Privacy Shift

Posted by Soulskill on Monday September 26, 2011 @11:35AM from the be-careful-they-know-your-tire-pressure dept.

coondoggie writes "U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission to get the agency to investigate recent changes navigation and emergency services company OnStar made to its privacy practices. Schumer said, 'By tracking drivers even after they’ve cancelled their service, OnStar is attempting one of the most brazen invasions of privacy in recent memory. I urge OnStar to abandon this policy and for FTC to immediately launch a full investigation to determine whether the company’s actions constitute an unfair trade practice.'"

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Re:Just jealous the gov't didn't think of it first by 0123456 · 2011-09-26 11:52 · Score: 0, Offtopic

That god damn road they built, they did it just to spite me.
The odd thing is the left like to talk about how wonderful the government is because it builds roads, but then they complain that people drive cars rather than use trains, and demand that said people should be forced out of their cars to combat 'Global Climate Warming Change'.