“GM monitored and sold people’s precise geolocation data and driver behavior information, sometimes as often as every three seconds,” FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement. “With this action, the FTC is safeguarding Americans’ privacy and protecting people from unchecked surveillance.”

General Motors reached an agreement to settle allegations that the automaker shared drivers’ locations and behavior data without their consent, the Federal Trade Commission said.

U.S. automaker General Motors and its subsidiary OnStar agreed not to disclose consumers' sensitive geolocation and driver behavior data to consumer reporting agencies for five years, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday.

An investigation by the Federal Trade Commission determined that consumers had not been aware that the automaker was providing their driving information to data brokers.

The order comes after GM was caught selling customer data to third-party data brokers and insurance companies — without consent.

U.S. automaker General Motors will be banned for five years from disclosing consumers' sensitive geolocation and driver behavior data to consumer reporting agencies, the Federal Trade Commission said in a statement on Thursday.