Politico By Alfred Ng 8/13/2024
The lawsuit, filed in the state district court of Montgomery County, Texas, on Tuesday, alleges GM of misleading drivers into sharing their data with the company, which it then sold to data brokers.Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing General Motors over the company’s location data sales, claiming that the automaker violated millions of Texans’ privacy rights.
The lawsuit, filed in the state district court of Montgomery County, Texas, on Tuesday, alleges GM of misleading drivers into sharing their data with the company, which it then sold to data brokers.
“General Motors deceptively collected scores of data points from consumers about their driving habits, monetized that data by selling it to other commercial actors, and permitted those actors to use the ill-gotten data to make adverse decisions when dealing with those same consumers,” according to the lawsuit.
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