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Virginia secures $6.5 million in General Motors data privacy settlement
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General Motors will pay Virginia $6.5 million to settle allegations that it illegally sold consumers' private driver behavior data and location information to third parties, according to the Office of Attorney General Jay Jones.
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Ohio will share in a $220 million agreement between General Motors and 36 other states over allegations that GM sold consumers' driving behavior and location data to third parties.
General Motors will pay $220 million to settle a bipartisan coalition of 36 attorneys general’s allegations that it collected and sold drivers’ location and driving-behavior data to brokers, who passed it to insurers for use in setting premiums.
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Attorney General William Tong announced Thursday that General Motors will pay $220 million to settle allegations that it illegally sold consumers' private driver behavior data and location information to third parties.
CHICAGO – Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 36 attorneys general, today announced General Motors (GM) will pay $220 million to settle allegations that it illegally sold consumers’ private driver behavior data and location information to third parties, including data …
General Motors will pay $220 million to settle allegations it sold customers' private data that eventually ended up in the hands of insurance companies. The behavioral data was then used by the industry to set insurance rates for consumers.
General Motors is settling for $220 million with Utah and 33 other states, including Washington, D.C., after being sued for allegedly selling data from its Smart Driver program to insurance companies.
(KTVZ) -- General Motors will pay $220 million to settle allegations from a 36-state coalition that the automaker sold drivers' private driving and location data to third-party brokers without customer permission.
General Motors agreed to pay $220 million to settle allegations from 35 states and Washington, D.C., that it sold drivers' private location and driving data to insurers without consent.
Virginia is set to receive $6.5 million in a proposed settlement over allegations that General Motors sold drivers’ personal data without their knowledge.
Automaker General Motors (GM) agreed to pay $220 million to settle a lawsuit with 35 states and Washington D.C., which alleged the company sold drivers' data to insurance companies, several attorneys general involved with the settlement announced Thursday.
The settlement concerns allegations that GM had sold the information to data brokers, who sold it to insurance companies, who used it to set insurance rates.
The settlement concerns allegations that GM had sold the information to data brokers, who sold it to insurance companies, who used it to set insurance rates.
The settlement concerns allegations that GM had sold the information to data brokers, who sold it to insurance companies, who used it to set insurance rates.
“GM collected data from tens of thousands of Vermonters and sold that data to insurance companies and data brokers without obtaining consent from drivers,” said Vermont’s attorney general Thursday. Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont to receive $4.
GM was accused of secretly selling drivers' location and habit data to insurers via data brokers, affecting millions enrolled in its Smart Driver program.
(WHTM) -- General Motors will pay Pennsylvania millions of dollars to settle a data-sharing lawsuit. Thirty-six states sued GM over allegations of illegally selling the private driving data of their customers, despite GM telling customers they would not sell their data.
The settlement concerns allegations that GM had sold the information to data brokers, who sold it to insurance companies, who used it to set insurance rates.
General Motors will pay Virginia $6.5 million to settle allegations that it illegally sold consumers' private driver behavior data and location information to third parties, according to the Office of Attorney General Jay Jones.
