GM settles claims it sold your driving habits to data brokers
General Motors agreed to pay $220 million to settle claims from 36 state attorneys general that it sold driver and location data to data brokers. GM must now limit the driving data it collects and get drivers' "express consent" first.
The claims center on GM's discontinued Smart Driver program, which tracked acceleration, braking and trip length. GM allegedly passed that data to data brokers, companies that buy and resell personal information, which let insurers buy it. Any connected car can quietly produce data that may affect what you pay.
Worth five minutes for anyone who drives a car with an app or built-in internet, whatever the brand. The settlement terms come from the attorneys general's agreement; the source does not say whether individual drivers get any money, so do not count on a check.
Your moveOpen your car's app or connected-services account, review the privacy and data-sharing settings, and turn off anything you never knowingly agreed to.
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