NEBRASKA SUES GENERAL MOTORS FOR ALLEGEDLY COLLECTING, SELLING DRIVER DATA WITHOUT CONSENT

LINCOLN — Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers on Tuesday announced that his office is suing General Motors for allegedly collecting and selling data on drivers without their consent for at least the past decade.

The 40-page lawsuit, filed Tuesday morning in Lancaster County District Court, alleges that Michigan-based General Motors and associated OnStar products collected driver data and sold it to third-party companies without drivers’ consent since at least 2015. In turn, that data would be sold to insurance companies, sometimes leading to increased rates or canceled insurance. 

Collected data allegedly included how fast someone was driving, how hard stops were, geolocation and whether seat belts were worn.

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