GM cracks the petty cash box for multistate driver tracking settlement

General Motors is taking what looks like a light slap on the wrist from a coalition of 35 states and the District of Columbia after agreeing to settle allegations that it collected drivers' data without proper consent and sold it to data brokers that supplied insurance companies. The Washington state AG's office said on Thursday that GM had reached a $220 million settlement with 36 attorneys general over the automaker's collection and sharing of driving data, including precise location information, speed, seatbelt use, and other metrics. According to investigators, GM sold that data to brokers