Penalty Amount
$220,000,000
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.
GM must pay $220 million to the states, including $12,054,341 to New York; limit the driving data it collects; establish in-house and third-party data protection and privacy assessment programs; and implement dealership oversight and training to prevent enrollment in data collection programs without consumer consent.
Review vendor and data-processing agreements with data brokers, analytics providers, and connected-vehicle service providers for clear limits on collection, use, onward sale, and disclosure of driving and location data, including prohibitions on insurance underwriting or rate-setting uses unless expressly authorized. Check customer-facing terms, privacy notices, and consent flows to ensure they accurately explain data tracking and sharing and obtain affirmative consent where required; assess whether bundled enrollment with services such as roadside assistance could obscure consent. Review dealership agreements for enrollment practices, incentive structures, oversight, and training, and add audit and remediation rights, data-minimization obligations, and requirements to correct inaccurate enrollment notices and address data already shared.
Entity
General Motors LLC
Industry
AutomotiveOfficial Press Release
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2026/attorney-general-james-secures-220-million-general-motors-selling-drivers
washington v general motors llc et al complaint 2026 0
https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/settlements-agreements/washington-v-general-motors-llc-et-al-complaint-2026_0.pdf
New York Attorney General Enforcement Page
https://ag.ny.gov/press-releases
"General Motors (GM)"
"GM will pay $220 million"
"for illegally selling drivers’ private driving and location data to data brokers who then sold the information to insurance companies."
"GM did not disclose to drivers that their data would be sold for this purpose."
"In many cases, dealership employees allegedly accepted terms and conditions on behalf of customers without their consent."
"GM will also establish an in-house data and privacy protection assessment program in addition to a third-party data protection and privacy assessment program to ensure it is abiding by best practices."
$220.0M
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.
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$24K
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$240K
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