Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against General Motors (GM) for ‘deceptive and unlawful business practices’ related to the automobile manufacturing giant’s collection and sale of private driving data of Texans that chose to own modern vehicles to corporations and insurance companies.
“Our investigation revealed that General Motors has engaged in egregious business practices that violated Texans’ privacy and broke the law. We will hold them accountable,” Attorney General Paxton said in a press release Tuesday. “Companies are using invasive technology to violate the rights of our citizens in unthinkable ways. Millions of American drivers wanted to buy a car, not a comprehensive surveillance system that unlawfully records information about every drive they take and sells their data to any company willing to pay for it.”
Infowars previously reported on the spy devices known as modern automobiles.
Modern automobiles, roughly vehicles manufactured in about the last decade, are often equipped with a variety of systems including technology that can control where and when drivers are allowed to drive, track driver’s eyeballs, record occupant conversations, collect genetic and health information, biometrics and weight of drivers and passengers, causing auto insurance premiums to be increased and even monitor driver’s sexual activity.
While the lawsuit only involves Texans who made the decision to drive around in spy devices made by GM instead of older cars, the number of individuals affected number 1.5 million.
“General Motors used technology installed in most 2015 model year or newer GM vehicles to collect, record, analyze, and transmit highly detailed driving data about each time a driver used their vehicle. General Motors sold this information to several other companies, including to at least two companies for the purpose of generating “Driving Scores” about GM’s customers and selling these scores to insurance companies,” the Attorney General’s press release said Tuesday. “General Motors deceived many of its customers when it compelled them to enroll in its products, including OnStar Smart Driver, as part of its vehicle “onboarding” process and told them that failing to enroll would result in the deactivation of their vehicle’s safety features. Unbeknownst to customers, however, by enrolling in GM’s products, they were “agreeing” to General Motors’ collection and sale of their data. Despite lengthy and convoluted disclosures, General Motors never informed its customers of its actual conduct—the systematic collection and sale of their highly detailed driving data.”
Paxton opened an investigation into several automobile manufacturers for this reason in June.
“The Texas Deceptive Trade Practices – Consumer Protection Act authorizes the Office of the Attorney General to investigate false, misleading, or deceptive acts or practices,” the June press release from the Attorney General said. “Accordingly, car manufacturers and the third parties to whom they sold data are being instructed to produce documents relevant to their conduct. Additionally, they are being instructed to produce documents showing the disclosures they made to customers about the extent of their data collection practices and subsequent sale of their customers’ data.”
Denver7 News reported that new cars monitor their owners sex lives.
Paxton said that people who decided to own these spy machines on wheels were becoming worried about their purchases after discovering what they actually are.
“The technology in modern vehicles enables manufacturers to collect millions of data points about the people driving them,” Attorney General Paxton said in a June press release. “Recently, consumers have grown extremely concerned that their driving data is being reported to their insurance company without their knowledge or authorization. These reports of the invasive and unmitigated collection and sale of data without consumer consent are disturbing, and they merit a thorough investigation and appropriate enforcement.”
While cars of the last decade spy on their owners locations, conversations, body weight and sex life, cars of the future will directly plug into the brains of their owners in order to change them and affect how they drive.
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