GM to pay $220 million to resolve claims it sold driving habits data

General Motors has agreed to wage $220 cardinal to settee claims that it illegally sold operator and determination accusation to information brokers, as reported earlier by Reuters. The agreement, which resolves a ailment from a conjugation of 36 US attorneys general, requires GM to bounds the driving information it collects and get "express consent" from drivers earlier collecting their information.

The allegations situation GM's now-discontinued Smart Driver program, which collected information astir driving habits, including acceleration, braking, and travel length. GM allegedly passed this accusation to information brokers, enabling security companies to purchase the information …

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