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GM agrees to $220M settlement over driver tracking

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General Motors has agreed to a $220 million settlement to resolve allegations of illegally tracking drivers' locations and habits. The settlement addresses claims that GM collected and used personal data without adequate consent. This resolution aims to compensate affected drivers across multiple states for the alleged privacy violations. AI

RANK_REASON Settlement of a multi-state lawsuit against a major corporation over data privacy practices. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.1]

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GM agrees to $220M settlement over driver tracking

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  1. The Register — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Brandon Vigliarolo ·

    GM cracks the petty cash box for multistate driver tracking settlement

    $220 million? For all of you? Yeah, we can probably dig that up ...

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