CONCORD — Attorney General John M. Formella announced Thursday that General Motors will pay $220 million to settle allegations that it improperly sold consumers’ driving behavior and location data to third parties, including data brokers that provided the information to insurance companies.
Insurers used the data, in part, to set or adjust consumers’ insurance rates.
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