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Texas sues General Motors, alleging illegal selling of driver data
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued General Motors Tuesday, alleging the carmaker illegally collected and sold drivers’ data to insurance companies without their consent or knowledge, according to a release from the AG’s office.
Insurance companies can use data to see how many times people exceeded a speed limit or obeyed other traffic laws. Butthe attorney general’s office claimed GM “deceived” its Texan customers by encouraging them to enroll in programs such as OnStar Smart Driver. “Despite lengthy and convoluted disclosures, General Motors never informed its customers of its actual conduct—the systematic collection and sale of their highly detailed driving data,” the AG’s office said in a statement.
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