Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued General Motors (GM) for the unlawful collection and sale of over 1.5 million Texans’ private driving data to insurance companies without their knowledge or consent.
In June, the Attorney General (AG) announced he had opened an investigation into several car manufacturers over allegations that the companies had improperly collected mass amounts of data about drivers directly from the vehicles and then sold the information to third parties.
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Source: Malwarebytes Labs
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