GM banned from selling your driving data for five years

The settlement comes after a New York Times investigation found that GM had been collecting micro-details about its customers' driving habits, including acceleration, braking, and trip length - and then selling it to insurance companies and third-party data brokers like LexisNexis and Verisk.

FTC Chair Lina Khan stated, 'GM monitored and sold people's precise geolocation data and driver behavior information, sometimes as often as every three seconds. With this action, the FTC is safeguarding Americans' privacy and protecting people from unchecked surveillance.'

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