Automakers have been selling data about the driving behavior of millions of people to the insurance industry.
In the case of General Motors, affected drivers weren’t informed, and the tracking led insurance companies to charge some of them more for premiums.
This month, my husband received his “consumer disclosure files” from LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Verisk, two data brokers that work with the insurance industry and that G.M.
I had requested my own LexisNexis file while reporting, but it didn’t have driving data on it.
Though both of our names are on the car’s title, the data from our Bolt accrued to my husband alone because the G.M.
Persons:
Bolt, heeding
Organizations:
General Motors, LexisNexis Risk, LexisNexis