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GM to Pay $12.75 Million to Settle California Driver Privacy Probe
The settlement requires GM to delete retained driving data and halt sales to consumer reporting agencies for five years, officials said.
- On Friday, General Motors agreed to pay $12.75 million to resolve claims it unlawfully sold OnStar subscribers' driving data to third-party brokers without consent between 2020 and 2024.
- The investigation began after a single driver discovered personal location data in a credit report, prompting prosecutors to examine how GM shared driving behavior and geolocation details with LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Verisk Analytics.
- Under the agreement, GM must cease selling driving data to consumer reporting agencies for five years and delete existing records within 180 days absent express consumer consent.
- GM spokesperson Charlotte McCoy stated the agreement addresses the 'Smart Driver' product, which the company discontinued in 2024 to strengthen privacy practices for connected vehicle services.
- California Attorney General Rob Bonta called the settlement the largest penalty in state history under the California Consumer Privacy Act, a 2018 law requiring companies to disclose data practices.
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General Motors reaches $12.75 million settlement over violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act
The investigation revealed that from 2020 to 2024, GM sold the names, contact information, geolocation data and driving behavior data of hundreds of thousands of Californians to 2 data brokers, Verisk Analytics, Inc. and LexisNexis Risk Solutions.
General Motors to pay $12.75M over alleged California driver data sales
General Motors will pay $12.75 million to settle a California consumer protection lawsuit alleging the automaker secretly collected and sold drivers’ personal data through its OnStar system without proper disclosure or consent, prosecutors announced Friday. The lawsuit, brought by the California Attorney General and district attorneys in Los Angeles, Napa, San Francisco and Sonoma counties, [...]
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