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GM just paid a record penalty for breaking California privacy law

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. General Motors agreed to pay $12.75 million in civil penalties for selling driving data of hundreds of thousands of California motorists to data brokers, allegedly without their consent. The settlement, announced Friday, is the largest ever for violations of the California Consumer Privacy […]

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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. General Motors agreed to pay $12.75 million in civil penalties for selling driving data of hundreds of thousands of California motorists to data brokers, allegedly without their consent. The settlement, announced Friday, is the largest ever for violations of the California Consumer Privacy […]

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