Loeb & Loeb — Unpacking California's Record CCPA Settlement with GM Over Connected Vehicle Data Sales
Independent law-firm legal analysis of a May 8, 2026 announcement by the California Attorney General, several California district attorneys, and the California Privacy Protection Agency of a $12.75M CCPA settlement with General Motors and OnStar — the largest CCPA settlement to date, roughly 5x the prior record ($2.75M Disney settlement, Feb 2026). The case concerned collection and sale of connected-vehicle telematics data (precise geolocation, hard braking/acceleration, speed-threshold crossings, seat belt usage, late-night driving, trip time/duration) without adequate notice or consent. Terms: GM must stop selling data to consumer reporting agencies for 5 years, maintain a privacy program, run privacy assessments, delete/destroy certain retained driving data, and obtain consent before new uses of covered driving data. Captured via WebSearch synthesis only — WebFetch was egress-blocked for this domain (and every domain tested) at capture time; the firm's full analysis text was not directly retrieved, though the underlying settlement facts are corroborated across multiple independent law-firm publications (Finnegan, Clark Hill, FKKS, Lexology) returned in the same search.
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