Texas has sued General Motors for what it said is a years-long scheme to collect and sell drivers’ data to third parties – including insurance companies – without their knowledge or consent.  The lawsuit [PDF], filed yesterday in Texas state court, accuses both GM and its OnStar subsidiary of using telematics technology installed in most of its model year 2015 and later vehicles to transmit detailed driving data each time a vehicle is used. Collected data was then sold to several data analytics companies to build driver scores, and the Lone Star state alleges GM required those firms to license access to insurance companies for the purpose of calculating rates based on their compiled data.  “Our investigation revealed that General Motors has engaged in egregious business practices that violated Texans’ privacy and broke the law.

Source: The Register