General Motors (GM) reached a settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) which bans the company from disclosing consumers’ sensitive geolocation and driver behavior data to

General Motors and subsidiary OnStar will be banned for five years from sharing drivers' precise geolocation and driving behavior data with consumer reporting agencies, under a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission, the FTC said in a release Thursday.

The automaker was accused of collecting drivers' behavior data without their knowledge and providing it to third-party agencies that set insurance rates.