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(New York Times) -- G.M. had provided information about braking, acceleration
and speed to LexisNexis Risk Solution and Verisk, firms that generated driver
risk profiles for insurers.

General Motors said Friday that it had stopped sharing details about how
people drove its cars with two data brokers that created risk profiles for the
insurance industry.

The decision followed a New York Times report this month that G.M. had, for
years, been sharing data about drivers’ mileage, braking, acceleration and
speed with the insurance industry. The drivers were enrolled — some
unknowingly, they said — in OnStar Smart Driver, a feature in G.M.’s
internet-connected cars that collected data about how the car had been driven
and promised feedback and digital badges for good driving.

Some drivers said their insurance rates had increased as a result of the
captured data, which G.M. shared with two brokers, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
and Verisk. The firms then sold the data to insurance companies.

Since Wednesday, “OnStar Smart Driver customer data is no longer being shared
with LexisNexis or Verisk,” a G.M. spokeswoman, Malorie Lucich, said in an
emailed statement. “Customer trust is a priority for us, and we are actively
evaluating our privacy processes and policies.”

Romeo Chicco, a Florida man whose insurance rates nearly doubled after his
Cadillac collected his driving data, filed a complaint seeking class-action
status against G.M., OnStar and LexisNexis this month.

An internal document, reviewed by The Times, showed that as of 2022, more than
eight million vehicles were included in Smart Driver. An employee familiar
with the program said the company’s annual revenue from Smart Driver was in
the low millions of dollars.