Buick

We ding this product as it sells and shares personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.

OnStar Privacy Statement
"We may collect information about you when you access or use the Connected Services and otherwise with your consent. We may also collect your information from automotive dealers, licensees, service providers, other independent third party sources, and companies we do business with."

"We may use your information in order to: ...
perform marketing, including interest-based marketing and advertising across your devices (with necessary consents)
customize and improve communication content and your experience with GM
comply with legal, regulatory or contractual requirements
protect our rights, or to detect, investigate, and prevent fraud or other illegal activity
develop new Connected Services, including autonomous vehicle and car-sharing Connected Services"

"We may de-identify your information in a way that it can't reasonably be associated with you or your vehicle,
and maintain and use such de-identified information or share it with third parties for any legitimate business purpose. When we maintain or use information that has been de-identified, we take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is maintained and used only in de-identified form, and will not attempt to re-identify such information unless required or permitted by law."

"We may share the categories of your information described above as follows: ...
Within the GM family of companies (for example, including OnStar)

With business that GM enters into business relationships, such as SiriusXM, in connection with their products and services; research institutes, for research and development purposes (for example, improving highway safety); or dealers, fleet, or rental car companies, for service or maintenance of your vehicle. We may also share data with third parties for marketing activities (with necessary consents)

Where Required or Permitted by Law: As required or permitted by law, such as in conjunction with a subpoena, government inquiry, litigation, dispute resolution, or similar legal process, when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, your safety, or the safety of others, to detect, investigate and prevent fraud or other illegal activity, or to conduct screening to ensure you are not on any government list of restricted parties."

"The nature of our Connected Services means that there may be circumstances where you might let someone else use a product or service that we provide to you (for example, you enrolled your vehicle in Connected Services services and then let someone else drive the vehicle). It is important that if you do let someone else use one of our products or services that you inform them of this Privacy Statement and of the privacy choices that you have made."

"If you sell or otherwise transfer your vehicle, it is your responsibility to delete all information (such as contacts, address look-ups, saved map addresses, or preferences) from the vehicle and contact us to transfer or cancel your account. If you do not delete this information, it may remain in the vehicle and may be accessible to future users of the vehicle. For instructions on how to delete information from your vehicle, please refer to your vehicle owner’s manual."

GENERAL MOTORS PRIVACY STATEMENT

"GM may share the information it collects about you, your vehicle, or your connected devices (including the categories of information listed above) in the following instances and with the following categories of third parties:

within GM, with our GM controlled subsidiaries and affiliates, with GM dealers, with service providers we or our dealers use to deliver products and services to you, and with GM licensees. However, transaction information regarding your GM Card will not be shared with GM dealers
with our services providers who work on our behalf and who do not have an independent right to use the information to which they have access or that we disclose to them
with companies we enter into business or marketing arrangements with, such as arrangements supporting services we offer to you and our GM card program
with third parties for research and development purposes (such as university research institutes for improving highway safety)
in connection with the sale, transfer or financing of a significant part of a GM business or its assets, including any such activities associated with a bankruptcy proceeding
when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, detect, investigate and prevent fraud or other illegal activity, or respond to a law enforcement request
as required or permitted by law, such as in conjunction with a subpoena, government inquiry, litigation, dispute resolution or similar legal process"

"GM and dealers that sell GM vehicles are separate legal entities with their own privacy practices. This Privacy Statement does not apply to a dealer’s collection, use, or sharing of your information. For questions about your dealer's privacy practices including opting out of marketing communications from your dealer, please contact your dealer directly."

"We may also collect information that is publicly available. For example, we may collect publicly available information you submit to a blog, a chat room, or a social media platform, and we may use your information for the purposes set out in this Privacy Statement. "

CALIFORNIA PRIVACY STATEMENT

GM may sell or share given types of data for marketing purposes:
- "Identifiers, such as name, postal address, unique personal identifier, internet protocol address, signature, email address, account name, or other similar identifiers."
- "Internet or other electronic network activity information, including, browsing history, search history, and information regarding Your interaction with an internet website, application, or advertisement."

GENERAL MOTORS U.S. CONNECTED SERVICES PRIVACY STATEMENT

"We may use your information in order to:
<...> perform marketing, including interest-based marketing and advertising across your devices (with necessary consents)"

"We may also share data with third parties for marketing activities (with necessary consents) or where you have elected to receive a service from them and/or authorized them to request data from GM (for example, financial organizations who offer financing for the purchase or lease of GM vehicles or usage based insurance providers)."

"We may share your information within GM, with automotive dealers, licensees, and companies with whom we enter into business relationships, in order to develop, enhance, provide, service, maintain, and improve the safety, security, and quality of our products, programs, and services, to respond to your requests, to allow recipients to use it for marketing, and as required or permitted by law. In some instances, we may ask you for consent or de-identify your information before sharing it."

"We may share the categories of your information described above as follows:
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- Third-Party Business Relationships: With business that GM enters into business relationships, such as SiriusXM, in connection with their products and services; research institutes, for research and development purposes (for example, improving highway safety); or dealers, fleet, or rental car companies, for service or maintenance of your vehicle. We may also share data with third parties for marketing activities (with necessary consents) or where you have elected to receive a service from them and/or authorized them to request data from GM (for example, financial organizations who offer financing for the purchase or lease of GM vehicles or usage based insurance providers).
- Service Providers: With our product and service providers who work on our behalf in connection with the uses described in the preceding section, such as dealer managed service providers, wireless service providers (e.g. AT&T), companies that administer our contests and promotions, host and/or operate our websites, send communications, perform data analytics, process, store, or manage credit card, information (we will not otherwise share your credit card information)."

"Certain third party services or applications (for example, your carrier data plan, navigation services) you download, that are pre-installed, or which you may sign up for may have separate user terms and privacy statements, which are independent of our Privacy Statement. GM is not responsible for the personal information practices of these third party services or applications and your use is subject to the user terms and privacy statement for those third party services or applications. We recommend that you carefully review the user terms and privacy statement of each third party service or application before using that service or application. Similarly, our websites may contain links to independent sites outside of and not controlled by GM, such as those belonging to GM dealers, GM licensees, or independent product review sites. GM is not responsible for these sites or the omissions, policies, or content of these sites, and GM is not responsible for the personal information practices of such third parties. We recommend that you read the privacy policies of these third parties before providing them any personal information and before using their sites."

Privacy Statement for OnStar Guardian

"By using the Application, other members of your “My Family”, now or in the future, may have access to your account information, phone number, device information, driving status, and the location of your Device, even when your Device is outside of the United States or Canada. You can restrict the sharing of your information with you “My Family” members by turning off Location Sharing in the Application Settings menu."

Privacy Statement for Application Services

"We may share information we collect about you as described in the OnStar Privacy Statement. For example, we share information with necessary third parties when you use the Application to make requests for third party or related services available through the Application, such as for dealer maintenance appointments or roadside assistance. We may share the location of your Device in the same manner as we share location and speed of your Vehicle. For example, we may share the location of your Device with:
• third party service providers working on our behalf,
• emergency service providers,
• others when required by law, and
• those you ask us to share this information with.
We may also share the location of your Device when necessary to provide the Application Services to you; to comply with legal obligations; to protect the safety and rights of you and others; for product safety and security purposes; and for the purposes described in the OnStar Privacy State"

We ding this product as it is unclear if all users regardless of location can get their data deleted.

"Other than as required by law, we do not respond to signals or mechanisms enabled in web browsers indicating a preference to exercise the rights listed above."

"Residents of certain states, such as California and Virginia, may have the right to submit a privacy request in accordance with their local laws. Depending on where you live, you may have the right under your local laws to request that we,
- provide access to the personal information that we collect about you – to do so, submit a request to Access My Personal Information,
- delete the personal information that we collect about you – to do so, submit a request to Delete My Personal Information, or
- correct inaccuracies in the personal information that we collect about you – to do so, submit a request to Correct My Personal Information.
You may also have the right under your local laws to opt-out of certain ways that we use and share your personal information, such as to opt-out of:
- the sale of your personal information to third parties, which may include, for example, where we share your personal information with third parties for their own independent uses – to do so, submit a request to Do Not Sell My Personal Information,
- to opt-out of certain types of targeted advertising based on your activity across other sites – to do so, submit a request to Opt-out of Targeted Advertising (for California residents, Do Not Share My Personal Information); please note, after opting out of targeted advertising, you may still see advertising from us on other sites based on your current visits to those sites, or
- to opt-out of certain types of automated processing of your personal information – to do so, submit a request to Opt-out of Profiling."

"We may keep the information we collect for as long as necessary to provide products or services to you, to operate our business, to enable us to communicate with you, for our safety, research, evaluation of use, or troubleshooting purposes, or to satisfy our legal or contractual obligations. Where required, we will de-identify or dispose of the information we collect when we no longer need it for the uses described in this Privacy Statement. "