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General Motors will pay $220 million to 36 states and the District of Columbia to settle allegations it collected and sold drivers' personal data without proper consent. The settlement, announced by Washington and Oregon, which led the coalition of attorneys general, resolves claims that GM sold driving and location data from its Smart Driver program to data brokers, including Verisk Analytics and LexisNexis Risk Solutions, who supplied it to insurance companies. GM enrolled millions of drivers in Smart Driver from 2014 to 2024, collecting data on hard braking, speeding, seat belt use, and precise location, often without drivers' knowledge.
Under the settlement, GM must obtain drivers' express consent before collecting or sharing their data, limit the data it collects, and implement a comprehensive data privacy program with internal and third-party assessments. The company ended the Smart Driver program in April 2024 and previously settled with the Federal Trade Commission and California, paying $12.75 million. GM did not admit wrongdoing, and a separate lawsuit from Texas continues.
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