General Motors to pay $12.75m settlement for selling drivers’ location and data

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/general-motors-settlement-driving-location

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parson0@startrek.website · 23 pts · 106d (2 replies)

So a cut of the profits?

Anything below what they made from the sale + a hefty fine is a joke and unjust.

GreenCrunch@piefed.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 106d (1 reply)

The article says they made about $20 million from the sales, and this is just to do with California. So if you look at the entire country, international sales, etc., this is just a cost of doing business.

parson0@startrek.website · 2 pts · 106d

Not sure how I missed that, not a very long read. But yeah, still 7mil profit for GM, sounds like a great deal for them.

thenextguy@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 106d

To each driver, right? /padme