OnStar and Government Motors

Over at Patterico's I read this:

GM is out of bankruptcy and calling itself the New GM. New GM is keeping the “core brands” — Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC cars, trucks and crossovers. New GM is also emailing old GM customers, reassuring them that it will service GM vehicles and offering ‘summer savings‘ on new purchases. The email includes this notice: “We want to keep you informed about updates that are relevant to you. General Motors Corporation, Saturn LLC, and Saturn Distribution Corporation are transferring your personal information (e.g., your contact information and vehicle purchase history) to General Motors Company. General Motors Company has substantially the same privacy policies in place as General Motors Corporation had.” Call me cynical but “substantially the same” is not “the same” privacy policy. I suspect the main difference is that my owner information is now being shared with court and government data bases.

And it triggered a memory of a rant one of my uncles has about OnStar-- he REALLY doesn't care for a tracking service you can't turn off, that can start or stop your car, lock the doors, etc. Kinda freaky that the government now has direct control over that company, huh?