https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/when-it-comes-data-privacy-consumers-must-be-driver%E2%80%99s-seat-attorney-general
Yesterday , CA agreed to a settlement with GM for selling CA drivers' information to insurance companies. GM did this in spite of promises to buyers not to. $12.7 million settlement and several hundred thousand of driver's were affected. In CA, insurers cannot raise insured costs based on driver behavior information (speeding, hard braking...).
Drivers in other states were not so lucky. For instance, Texas insurance companies can use this information to raise rates or deny coverage. And they did for at least some of the 1.8 million GM's OnStar customers in Texas.
I was looking to see how GM's behavior affected Texas drivers and Paxton's name popped up.
The Texas AG "aggressively filed suit last year against Allstate and its data subsidiary, Arity" for trying to sell driver behavior info. The goal of the lawsuit is to force Allstate to stop the collection, delete the data already gathered, and pay civil penalties that could reach $10,000 per violation. He also sued GM, btw.
If any of that matters to you in a couple of weeks.
To be clear, my wife and I had already decided who we think better. Not Cornyn. And for trucks we prefer Fords.
Yesterday , CA agreed to a settlement with GM for selling CA drivers' information to insurance companies. GM did this in spite of promises to buyers not to. $12.7 million settlement and several hundred thousand of driver's were affected. In CA, insurers cannot raise insured costs based on driver behavior information (speeding, hard braking...).
Drivers in other states were not so lucky. For instance, Texas insurance companies can use this information to raise rates or deny coverage. And they did for at least some of the 1.8 million GM's OnStar customers in Texas.
I was looking to see how GM's behavior affected Texas drivers and Paxton's name popped up.
The Texas AG "aggressively filed suit last year against Allstate and its data subsidiary, Arity" for trying to sell driver behavior info. The goal of the lawsuit is to force Allstate to stop the collection, delete the data already gathered, and pay civil penalties that could reach $10,000 per violation. He also sued GM, btw.
If any of that matters to you in a couple of weeks.
To be clear, my wife and I had already decided who we think better. Not Cornyn. And for trucks we prefer Fords.
