GM Ends OnStar Driver Safety Program After Privacy Complaints

General Motors Co. has ended its OnStar Smart Driver program after customers complained it violated their privacy.

OnStar had cut deals with LexisNexis and Verisk to share personal driving data as part of the program, which they then shared with insurance companies. The idea was that safe drivers would get better rates.

Some GM vehicle owners said they either didn’t know they had consented to the program or that their rates went up. With complaints piling up in recent weeks, GM ended Smart Driver, the company said in a statement Wednesday.

The New York Times also reported last month that ...