GM agrees to $12.75M California settlement over sale of drivers’ data
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a $12.75M settlement with General Motors after investigators found GM allegedly collected and sold precise driving and location data from OnStar/Smart Driver to data brokers (Verisk, LexisNexis) between 2020–2024 without proper notice or consent; the settlement includes a five-year ban on such sales, deletion and retention limits, requests for brokers to delete received data, and stronger privacy compliance requirements.
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