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Florida Man Sues G.M. and LexisNexis Over Sale of His Cadillac Data


An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: When Romeo Chicco tried to get auto insurance in December, seven different companies rejected him. When he eventually obtained insurance, it was nearly double the rate he was previously paying. According to a federal complaint filed this w...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: When Romeo Chicco tried to get auto insurance in December, seven different companies rejected him. According to the complaint, an agent at Liberty Mutual told Mr. Chicco that he had been rejected because of information in his "LexisNexis report." His file included the distance he had driven, when the trips started and ended, and an accounting of any speeding and hard braking or accelerating.

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Florida Man Sues G.M. and LexisNexis Over Sale of His Cadillac Data