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Utah, 35 other states reach $220M settlement with GM over driver data collected, sold without consent

By Gephardt Daily · October 29, 2026 · 1 min read
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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 29, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) — Utah Attorney General Derek Brown, the Utah Department of Commerce’s Division of Consumer Protection, and 35 other attorneys general reached a $220 million settlement with General Motors (GM) over allegations that the automaker sold drivers’ driving behavior and location data without their consent.

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