General Motors Pays $12.75M for Selling Driver Location Data

General Motors has agreed to pay $12.75 million to settle California claims that it illegally sold hundreds of thousands of drivers' location and movement data to brokers — all while publicly promising it would never do so. California Attorney General Rob Bonta called out the company's "numerous statements reassuring drivers" as cover for a data-selling operation that exposed where people live, work, and travel. The settlement is one of the largest consumer privacy payouts tied to automotive data.