GM Allegedly Spied On Drivers And Sold Their Data, Now It's Paying A $220M Settlement - The Autopian
www.theautopian.comAfter allegedly selling driver data to third parties, GM has agreed to a $220 million settlement. Here's what this means.
If you had a suspicion your modern car is spying on you, you’re probably right. Vehicles these days are connected to the Internet of Things, able to feed data back to the cloud in real time. Once it’s there, what happens next may not be something you explicitly agreed to. Now the tide is starting…
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