GM has agreed to pay $220 million to settle a lawsuit that it sold user's private data to third parties, who in turn sold that information to insurance companies as a tool for setting premiums.

some of those users wound up seeing their insurance premiums increase as a result of using the Smart Driver feature, and the lawsuit alleges that 370,000 users didn't even sign up for Smart Driver - and yet, they were indeed enrolled. 

As part of the settlement, GM must now get customer consent before collecting driver data, limit the amount of personal data it collects, install oversight, and undergo assessments of its data privacy program.

https://fordauthority.com/2026/10/ford-rival-gm-will-pay-220-million-to-settle-data-privacy-lawsuit