The article notes they made $20m in revenue from the illegal sale. $12.75m fine. The article notes this fine is a record.
Definitely seems like the system is working for someone.
this post was submitted on 12 May 2026
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The fine needs to be way way way higher.
GM is also required to:
- Stop selling driving data to consumer reporting agencies and brokers for five years.
Stop doing that until everyone forgets about it and we can go back to turning a blind eye.
that's just creepy