Guess I'm done with OnStar

[VatorMan]

Just received this e-mail.


DESCRIPTION OF KEY CHANGES TO THE ONSTAR TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The following set out some of the key changes to the OnStar Terms and Conditions. The headings and section numbers refer to the corresponding headings and sections in the amended Terms and Conditions. All capitalized terms have the same meanings as defined in the amended Terms and Conditions.
OnStar Data Connection — Initial Terms
We have added to the Terms and Conditions the provision that if you or we cancel your OnStar Services, we will maintain the two-way connection with your Vehicle and may continue to collect data from your Vehicle, unless you take certain steps to deactivate the Data Connection or fully disable the Equipment.

If you do not want OnStar to maintain a Data Connection to your Vehicle, you can push your blue button or call us at 1.888.4.ONSTAR at any time and request that the Data Connection be deactivated. It may take up to sixty (60) days for OnStar to cancel your account and deactivate the Data Connection to your Vehicle. During this sixty (60) day period, Service may still be available, and data may be collected from your Vehicle.

Upon deactivation, OnStar will no longer be capable of contacting, or obtaining data from, your Vehicle although you will be able to contact OnStar by pressing the blue OnStar button twice. To disable the Vehicle's ability to contact OnStar through the blue OnStar button, you must visit an authorized dealer and ask them to remove the Equipment from your Vehicle.

How Your OnStar Equipment Works, Geographic Limits, and Other Restrictions — Section 10
We have added to Section 10 the provision that OnStar is not responsible for your failure to comply with applicable laws while you are driving or using the Equipment or Services.

OnStar Advisors Connect You to Other Service Providers — Section 12
We have added to Section 12 the provision that OnStar is not responsible for charges, fees, or taxes arising from services provided by Service Providers, including law enforcement, fire department, or ambulance services, contacted by OnStar.

What If Your Vehicle Is Stolen? — Section 17
As with the previous Terms and Conditions, you can elect to deactivate the ability of OnStar to slow down your Vehicle. However, pursuant to the amended Terms and Conditions, if you deactivate this capability, you will not be able to receive any Services at all.

Your Privacy — Section 32
The amended Terms and Conditions reflect changes that we have contemporaneously made to our Privacy Statement. Although the Terms and Conditions describe and summarize some of the key provisions in our Privacy Statement, we encourage you to review the Privacy Statement to learn the full details of our privacy practices (a copy of the Privacy Statement is attached as Schedule A to the amended Terms and Conditions and can also be found here).

We have added to the amended Terms and Conditions more detailed information about the information we collect about you and about your Vehicle, including how we collect your information, what we do with it and how we share it. For example, unless the Data Connection in your Vehicle is deactivated, information about your Vehicle may continue to be collected even if you do not have Service. In addition to other purposes set out in the prior version of the Privacy Statement, we may use the information we collect about you and your Vehicle to improve the quality of our Service and offerings and may share the information we collect with law enforcement or other public safety officials, credit card processors, and/or third parties we contract with who conduct joint marketing initiatives with OnStar. The Privacy Statement provides certain options relating to choices you have concerning how your information is used and how you may manage your preferences. Finally, we have added additional information about how OnStar safeguards your personal information.

The Law That Governs Our Relationship — Section 39
We have changed Section 39 of the Terms and Conditions to specify that the laws that govern the amended Terms and Conditions will be the laws of the state of your OnStar billing address.

[RxCritical]

WOW! My service is up in December. Remind me to call them and say deactivate the data collection.

[NEVRL8T]

I gave OnStar the boot four years ago.

[VatorMan]

Tomorrow morning I'll be telling them to GTFO.

[Entropy]

Cover your car in chicken wire.

[FRISKY]

Originally Posted by NEVRL8T

I gave OnStar the boot four years ago.

I wonder if they are still collecting information from your vehicle?

[nhlgopens]

Originally Posted by NEVRL8T

I gave OnStar the boot four years ago.

We got rid of ours when they changed the technology. We never did the upgrade.

[Kerrmudgeon]

Holy Moly, Big Brother is really watching!

[Will]

Originally Posted by Entropy

Cover your car in chicken wire.

Indeed. This will also add the health benefits of protecting your brain from harmful microwaves emitted by cellular phones.

[Joecooool]

Its common practice for insurance companies to subpoena the data from GM when there is a significant claim to pay out.

[78SA]

Originally Posted by Will

Indeed. This will also add the health benefits of protecting your brain from harmful microwaves emitted by alien overlords.

Fixed.

[Sea Six]

Originally Posted by nhlgopens

We got rid of ours when they changed the technology. We never did the upgrade.

Same here.

[mrvette]

Originally Posted by Joecooool

Its common practice for insurance companies to subpoena the data from GM when there is a significant claim to pay out.

I hear Onstar was a separate company, spun off from GM......

[burtonbl103]

WTF
Ill have to DISCONNECT mine

[Datawiz]

Originally Posted by Kerrmudgeon

Holy Moly, Big Brother is really watching!

Hence why I ordered my 2005 Corvette WITHOUT OnStar and am very pissed I have to have this crap on my '06 and '08. Is there a fuse I can pull to ensure it will not work at all?

[Sea Six]

Originally Posted by datawiz

Hence why I ordered my 2005 Corvette WITHOUT OnStar and am very pissed I have to have this crap on my '06 and '08. Is there a fuse I can pull to ensure it will not work at all?

Take it out. Extra weight for racing ya know.

[RonC5]

Would love to see the data taken from your Z!

[VetteBoy1979]

Originally Posted by datawiz

Hence why I ordered my 2005 Corvette WITHOUT OnStar and am very pissed I have to have this crap on my '06 and '08. Is there a fuse I can pull to ensure it will not work at all?

I'm thinking find where the box is and just clip the wires. I bet the fuse is tied to something else important, like the windshield wipers.

[Datawiz]

Originally Posted by Sea Six

Take it out. Extra weight for racing ya know.

Will be disconnecting from both this weekend.

[Datawiz]

Originally Posted by RonC5

Would love to see the data taken from your Z!