GM’s Record $12.75 Million CCPA Fine: The OnStar Data Lesson

The piece describes General Motors' record $12.75M CCPA settlement after GM collected, retained, and sold OnStar driving and location data to data brokers without consumer notice or consent; the settlement requires GM to stop such sales for five years, delete retained data (with narrow exceptions), instruct brokers to delete purchased data, implement and report privacy assessments, and highlights a shift in California enforcement toward data minimization and coordinated regulator action—offering compliance lessons for businesses.