{"id":43973,"date":"2026-05-18T07:01:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=43973"},"modified":"2026-05-18T07:01:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:01:57","slug":"general-motors-to-pay-12750000-in-penalties-for-allegedly-selling-contact-info-names-geolocation-and-behavior-data-of-drivers-to-insurance-firms-and-data-brokers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=43973","title":{"rendered":"General Motors To Pay $12,750,000 in Penalties for Allegedly Selling Contact Info, Names, Geolocation and Behavior Data of Drivers to Insurance Firms and Data Brokers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

Giant automaker General Motors (GM) has reached a multi-million dollar deal in California to settle allegations of unlawful sale of data belonging to drivers.<\/p>\n

According<\/a> to the California Attorney General Rob Bonta, GM will pay $12.75 million in civil penalties to settle accusations of having collected and kept data belonging to hundreds of thousands of Californian drivers who had subscribed to the automaker\u2019s vehicle connectivity service, OnStar.<\/p>\n

Per a lawsuit that was filed<\/a> by the California Attorney General and various District Attorneys in the state, the data in question included \u201cnames, phone numbers, home addresses, speeds, rapid acceleration, and hard braking, as well as the GPS location of where OnStar subscribers drove and parked their vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lawsuit further alleged that GM informed OnStar subscribers that their data would only be used to assist in offering OnStar services such as \u201csummoning an ambulance, providing driving directions, or improving driver skills.\u201d<\/p>\n

But in 2020, GM started selling the driver information to data brokers Verisk Analytics and LexisNexis Risk Solutions, without the consent or knowledge of its customers. This violated the privacy and consumer protection laws of California, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe deals were structured such that GM stood to benefit financially as Lexis and Verisk continued to receive driver data, and continued to use it to offer updated driver ratings, which insurers could purchase. Ultimately, GM made approximately $20 million nationwide in connection with these data sales.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Besides the $12.75 million penalty, the settlement also requires GM to stop selling data to consumer reporting agencies for half a decade. GM is also required to delete the driving data it retains within six months and also to request Verisk Analytics and LexisNexis Risk Solutions to delete the driving data.<\/p>\n

Follow us on X<\/a>, Facebook<\/a> and Telegram<\/a><\/span><\/em>
\n
\nDon’t Miss a Beat \u2013 Subscribe<\/a> to get email alerts delivered directly to your inbox <\/span><\/em>
\n
\nSurf The Daily Hodl Mix<\/a><\/span><\/em>
\n<\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n

&nbsp<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: Opinions expressed at The Daily Hodl are not investment advice. Investors should do their due diligence before making any high-risk investments in Bitcoin, cryptocurrency or digital assets. Please be advised that your transfers and trades are at your own risk, and any losses you may incur are your responsibility. The Daily Hodl does not recommend the buying or selling of any assets including cryptocurrencies, nor is The Daily Hodl an investment advisor. Please note that The Daily Hodl participates in affiliate marketing.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n

Generated Image: Midjourney<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The post General Motors To Pay $12,750,000 in Penalties for Allegedly Selling Contact Info, Names, Geolocation and Behavior Data of Drivers to Insurance Firms and Data Brokers<\/a> appeared first on The Daily Hodl<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Giant automaker General Motors (GM) has reached a multi-million dollar deal in California to settle allegations of unlawful sale of data belonging to drivers. According to the California Attorney General Rob Bonta, GM will pay $12.75 million in civil penalties to settle accusations of having collected and kept data belonging to hundreds of thousands of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"\nGeneral Motors To Pay $12,750,000 in Penalties for Allegedly Selling Contact Info, Names, Geolocation and Behavior Data of Drivers to Insurance Firms and Data Brokers - Cryptomag<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=43973\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"General Motors To Pay $12,750,000 in Penalties for Allegedly Selling Contact Info, Names, Geolocation and Behavior Data of Drivers to Insurance Firms and Data Brokers - Cryptomag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Giant automaker General Motors (GM) has reached a multi-million dollar deal in California to settle allegations of unlawful sale of data belonging to drivers. According to the California Attorney General Rob Bonta, GM will pay $12.75 million in civil penalties to settle accusations of having collected and kept data belonging to hundreds of thousands of […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=43973\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cryptomag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-18T07:01:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/us-dollar-primed.jpg?resize=1024,600\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Crypto Magazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cryptomagz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cryptomagz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Crypto Magazine\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=43973#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=43973\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Crypto Magazine\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f749cd846c4f13ef717c12a20ce9d040\"},\"headline\":\"General Motors To Pay $12,750,000 in Penalties for Allegedly Selling Contact Info, Names, Geolocation and Behavior Data of Drivers to Insurance Firms and Data Brokers\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-18T07:01:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=43973\"},\"wordCount\":456,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=43973#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/us-dollar-primed-oEXBde.webp\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=43973\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=43973\",\"name\":\"General Motors To Pay $12,750,000 in Penalties for Allegedly Selling Contact Info, Names, Geolocation and Behavior Data of Drivers to Insurance Firms and Data Brokers - Cryptomag\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=43973#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=43973#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/us-dollar-primed-oEXBde.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-18T07:01:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f749cd846c4f13ef717c12a20ce9d040\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=43973#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=43973\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=43973#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/us-dollar-primed-oEXBde.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/us-dollar-primed-oEXBde.webp\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?p=43973#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"General Motors To Pay $12,750,000 in Penalties for Allegedly Selling Contact Info, Names, Geolocation and Behavior Data of Drivers to Insurance Firms and Data Brokers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cryptomag\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f749cd846c4f13ef717c12a20ce9d040\",\"name\":\"Crypto Magazine\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2c24e7a3322cdb9140c7dde381c870ae2c527e0dc5af67ed7a7db042bb2e1d14?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2c24e7a3322cdb9140c7dde381c870ae2c527e0dc5af67ed7a7db042bb2e1d14?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2c24e7a3322cdb9140c7dde381c870ae2c527e0dc5af67ed7a7db042bb2e1d14?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Crypto Magazine\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/cryptomagz\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cryptomag.finance\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"General Motors To Pay $12,750,000 in Penalties for Allegedly Selling Contact Info, Names, Geolocation and Behavior Data of Drivers to Insurance Firms and Data Brokers - Cryptomag","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=43973","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"General Motors To Pay $12,750,000 in Penalties for Allegedly Selling Contact Info, Names, Geolocation and Behavior Data of Drivers to Insurance Firms and Data Brokers - Cryptomag","og_description":"Giant automaker General Motors (GM) has reached a multi-million dollar deal in California to settle allegations of unlawful sale of data belonging to drivers. According to the California Attorney General Rob Bonta, GM will pay $12.75 million in civil penalties to settle accusations of having collected and kept data belonging to hundreds of thousands of […]","og_url":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=43973","og_site_name":"Cryptomag","article_published_time":"2026-05-18T07:01:57+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/us-dollar-primed.jpg?resize=1024,600","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Crypto Magazine","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@cryptomagz","twitter_site":"@cryptomagz","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Crypto Magazine","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=43973#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=43973"},"author":{"name":"Crypto Magazine","@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/#\/schema\/person\/f749cd846c4f13ef717c12a20ce9d040"},"headline":"General Motors To Pay $12,750,000 in Penalties for Allegedly Selling Contact Info, Names, Geolocation and Behavior Data of Drivers to Insurance Firms and Data Brokers","datePublished":"2026-05-18T07:01:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=43973"},"wordCount":456,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=43973#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-dollar-primed-oEXBde.webp","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=43973","url":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=43973","name":"General Motors To Pay $12,750,000 in Penalties for Allegedly Selling Contact Info, Names, Geolocation and Behavior Data of Drivers to Insurance Firms and Data Brokers - Cryptomag","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=43973#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=43973#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-dollar-primed-oEXBde.webp","datePublished":"2026-05-18T07:01:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/#\/schema\/person\/f749cd846c4f13ef717c12a20ce9d040"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=43973#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=43973"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=43973#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-dollar-primed-oEXBde.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-dollar-primed-oEXBde.webp","width":1024,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=43973#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"General Motors To Pay $12,750,000 in Penalties for Allegedly Selling Contact Info, Names, Geolocation and Behavior Data of Drivers to Insurance Firms and Data Brokers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/","name":"Cryptomag","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/#\/schema\/person\/f749cd846c4f13ef717c12a20ce9d040","name":"Crypto Magazine","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2c24e7a3322cdb9140c7dde381c870ae2c527e0dc5af67ed7a7db042bb2e1d14?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2c24e7a3322cdb9140c7dde381c870ae2c527e0dc5af67ed7a7db042bb2e1d14?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2c24e7a3322cdb9140c7dde381c870ae2c527e0dc5af67ed7a7db042bb2e1d14?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Crypto Magazine"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cryptomag.finance","https:\/\/x.com\/cryptomagz"],"url":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}