General Motors to Pay $12.75M in California Driver Privacy Settlement
General Motors has agreed to pay $12.75 million in civil penalties as part of a settlement with California Attorney General Rob Bonta over the unauthorized sale of driver data. The company sold data including names, geolocation, and driving behavior to data brokers Verisk Analytics and LexisNexis Risk Solutions through its OnStar program. The settlement requires GM to stop selling driving data for five years and delete retained data within 180 days.
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