Penalty Amount
$220,000,000
Consumers Affected
10,283,000
Connecticut and a coalition of 36 attorneys general reached a $220 million settlement with General Motors over the collection and sale of consumers’ driving behavior and location data to data brokers and insurers without adequate disclosure or consent. The settlement requires affirmative express consent before collecting or disclosing driving and location data, limits data collection, and imposes privacy program assessments and dealership oversight and training.
GM will pay $220 million and must obtain affirmative express consent before collecting or disclosing consumer driving and location data. It must limit the driving data it collects, implement a comprehensive data privacy program with internal and external assessments, and provide dealership oversight and training to prevent enrollment without consumer consent.
Review vendor and data-processing agreements with telematics providers, data brokers, and analytics partners for express-consent requirements, limits on collecting and disclosing driving and location data, purpose restrictions, and prohibitions on onward sale or use for insurance products or pricing. Check customer-facing privacy notices and connected-vehicle terms for clear disclosures about tracking, sharing, and downstream uses, and ensure consent is affirmative, specific, and not obtained through bundled or unauthorized dealership enrollment. Review dealership and employee procedures, incentives, training, and oversight provisions, along with audit and assessment rights, data minimization obligations, and mechanisms to correct inaccurate enrollment status and address data already shared.
Entity
General Motors LLC
Industry
Automotive"General Motors will pay $220 million to settle allegations"
"will pay $220 million"
"under the then newly enacted Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA)"
"illegally sold consumers’ private driver behavior data and location information to third parties, including data brokers who then sold the data to insurance companies."
"The settlement requires GM to obtain affirmative express consent from consumers before collecting or disclosing consumer driving and location data."
"impacted over 10,283,000 Americans, including at least 123,143 Connecticut residents."
$220.0M
New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition secured a $220 million settlement from General Motors LLC for selling drivers’ personal driving and location data to data brokers without adequate disclosure or consent. GM must limit the driving data it collects and implement privacy assessments and dealership oversight and training.
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$500K
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$8.0M
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