Re: For those of you with Onstar in your Cars/Trucks Please Read.....

by rkellerjr on Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:51 pm

I am on OnStar customer and have not seen this yet. I have a question into OnStar now about this policy. I will probably drop them like hot potato and rip out the OnStar system from my car. I'm getting a bit tired of these companies no longer taking our privacy into consideration. I no longer use Google because they track everything when you use their search engine. I won't use their cell phone either.

by **69_RAG_TOP** on Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:55 pm

Thanks for the information.

I do not buy new General Motors cars anymore and I never would use Onstar even if I did.

With built in GPS systems, bluetooth ready devices, handfree phones and low end portable GPS -phone devices there is no need for this service.

I have a voice ready Garmin integrated system for my Volvo company car. I also disconnected XM satellite radio from my company car that I use for my small business operations. The radio is HD so who needs to pay for satellite radio?

I also turned off Geo Tagging and Geo Tracking from from Droid devices so Google does not know where I am.

by **mr71transam** on Mon Sep 26, 2011 7:30 am

I never activated OnStar in my Truck. But just to be safe I'm going to disconnect it. Thanks for the info Martin.

by **69_RAG_TOP** on Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:41 pm

I also saw this about the reversal policy.

Last week, we noted that OnStar would continue tracking and logging your travel data even after you cancelled the service. Today, GM — which runs the service — announced it is reversing that policy.

http://conservativebyte.com/2011/09/gm-cancels-onstar-policy-that-tracks-you-even-after-cancellation/

by rkellerjr on Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:11 pm

GM Cancels OnStar Policy That Tracks You Even After Cancellation

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/gm-cancels-onstar-policy-that-tracks-you-even-after-cancellation/

Looks like we got their attention.