Texas Sues GM, Claiming It Secretly Collected Driver Data to Share with Insurers

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The state of Texas has filed a lawsuit against General Motors, accusing the automaker of installing technology in over 14 million vehicles to collect driver data it could then sell to insurers and other companies without consent.

CNBC reports that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced this week that the lawsuit stemmed from an investigation initiated in June, which examined whether several automakers were collecting and selling vast amounts of data without the knowledge of drivers. The probe revealed that GM had allegedly installed data-collecting technology in most of its vehicles starting from the 2015 model year.

According to Paxton, the data collected by GM was used to create “Driving Scores” that assessed the driving habits of more than 1.8 million Texas drivers. These scores took into account factors such as speeding, hard braking, sharp steering, seatbelt usage, and late-night driving. The concern is that insurers could then use this data to make decisions about raising premiums, canceling policies, or denying coverage altogether. more