General Motors is accused of selling data!

The exact same lawsuit filed against Hyundai and Kia recently was filed against General Motors. General Motors, accused of selling data to insurance companies, became the focus of the attorney general. It looks like GM will pay a hefty fine.

Does General Motors share accident data with insurance companies?

After Hyundai and Kia, which recently came forward with the claim of selling data to insurance companies, it is General Motors’ turn. In the lawsuit filed against GM by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, it is said that users’ driving data was sold to insurance companies.

As you know, all new and almost new vehicles have many features such as collision avoidance, sudden braking, lane keeping, fatigue monitoring. We only use these features. Of course, we don’t even guess that data is being recorded in the background. It seems that car manufacturers are recording all your movements thanks to software.

It is claimed that GM, which is being sued in Texas today for selling this data to insurance companies, records situations such as sudden braking, fatigue detection, lane departure and forwards them to insurance companies. In this case, the insurance companies’ level of trust in the driver changes and the applied insurance price also varies.

General Motors, which is said to have recorded the data of more than 14 million people and transmitted it to the insurance company since 2015, is accused of selling the data of 1.8 million people in Texas. The chief prosecutor dealing with the issue makes the following statement:

“Our investigation revealed that General Motors engaged in egregious business practices that violated the law and violated the privacy of Texans. We will hold them accountable. Companies use intrusive technology to violate the rights of our citizens in unthinkable ways. “Millions of American drivers wanted to buy a car, not a comprehensive surveillance system that illegally recorded information about every drive they took and sold their data to any company willing to pay for it.”

What do you think about this? Do you think this system can be applied in our country? What will be the sanctions if implemented? We welcome your ideas in the comments.