{"id":243718,"date":"2026-05-11T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/general-motors-fined-again-for-violating-driver-privacy\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T11:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:35:10","slug":"general-motors-fined-again-for-violating-driver-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/general-motors-fined-again-for-violating-driver-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"General Motors Fined Again For Violating Driver Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

General Motors Fined Again For Violating Driver Privacy<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/sectors\/technology\/articles\/general-motors-fined-again-violating-152000154.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-11 11:20:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: finance.yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n

general motors fined again for violating driver privacy <\/p>\n

General Motors has agreed to pay $12.75 million to settle a California investigation into how the automaker handled driver data collected through its OnStar connected-services platform.<\/p>\n

The agreement, announced last week by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, focuses on accusations that GM sold detailed driving information from hundreds of thousands of vehicle owners to third-party data brokers without adequately informing them.<\/p>\n

The settlement still requires court approval, but California’s terms would restrict how GM can collect, use, and share driving data moving forward, including a five-year ban on selling personal driving information to outside brokers.<\/p>\n

\"general general motors fined again for violating driver privacy <\/p>\n

According to the state, the data in question went far beyond anonymous telemetry. Investigators say GM shared customer names, phone numbers, home addresses, and highly detailed location information tied to individual vehicles. That included GPS-based records showing where drivers traveled and where they parked.<\/p>\n

California also alleged GM tracked behaviors such as speeding and hard acceleration between 2016 and 2024 through products linked to the company’s OnStar ecosystem.<\/p>\n

For years, connected-car technology has been pervasively morphing from a convenience feature into a rolling data generator that automakers see as a booming income generator as profit margins shrink across the business. Systems originally marketed for navigation, roadside assistance, or crash response collect a plethora of detailed behavioral information in the background.<\/p>\n

Good for the automakers-the problem is that customers often have little or no understanding of how much information is being harvested or where it ends up. That’s why, in my opinion, everyone should just drive a 2007 Ford Crown Victoria.<\/p>\n

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