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General Motors to Pay $12M to Settle California Driver Data Probe
The agreement bars GM from selling driving data to consumer reporting agencies for five years and requires deletion of retained data within 180 days.
- 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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GM just paid a record penalty for breaking California privacy law
General Motors agreed to pay $12.75 million in civil penalties for selling driving data of hundreds of thousands of California motorists to data brokers, allegedly without their consent.
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