GM Banned from Selling Driver Data to Brokers in $12.75M California Settlement

General Motors agreed to pay $12.75 million and accept an outright ban on selling driver behavior data to data brokers, resolving California's investigation into illegal sales of driving habit information on hundreds of thousands of residents. The injunction, imposed jointly by the state attorney general, multiple district attorneys, and the California Privacy Protection Agency, closes what had become a material revenue line within GM's connected vehicle business—a shift more consequential than the penalty itself.