Shady selling of driver data just cost GM another $12.75 million

Summary: General Motors faces a $12.75 million settlement from California’s Attorney General over illegally selling hundreds of thousands of Californians’ location and driving data. This follows an FTC ruling in January banning GM from selling location data for five years. The scandal, stemming from OnStar data collection since 2015, has cost GM millions in penalties.

Brands mentioned: General Motors, GM, Chevy, OnStar, LexisNexis, Verisk