AG ANNOUNCES GM TO PAY $220M OVER DATA
ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG ANNOUNCES GM TO PAY $220M FOR SELLING DRIVERS’ PRIVATE DATA (Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong today announced General Motors will pay $220 million to settle allegations that it illegally sold consumers’ private driver behavior data and location information to third parties, including data brokers who then sold the data to insurance companies. For many consumers, this data was used by insurance companies in part to set insurance rates. Attorney General Tong helped lead a coalition of 36 attorneys general in the case against GM, and Connecticut will receive more than $6 million through the settlement. The settlement requires GM to obtain affirmative express consent from consumers before collecting or disclosing consumer driving and location data.…