GM's $220M Payout Shows How Cars Can Secretly Sell Your Driving Data - CNET
General Motors has agreed to pay $220 million to 35 states and the District of Columbia to settle a major privacy lawsuit over the company’s sale of driver data from its Smart Driver program, which dealerships offered to drivers from 2016 to 2024.
In 2024, The New York Times published a damning investigation into the program, revealing that, in some cases, data on drivers’ habits could be used by insurance companies to set rates. Some drivers saw significant premium increases after GM sold their driving history, and one owner was told a 22% premium increase resulted from driving information supplied by a data broker, according to a press release from the New York attorney general’s office.
The data collection was described as “spying,” and GM quickly ended the program that year. In 2025, GM settled with the Federal Trade Commissionover Smart Driver and OnStar location data, agreeing to a...
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