Because why not? Your Driving Data May Be Sold To Insurers, General Motors Admits
Driving data is collected with surprising detail. One trip in a Chevrolet Bolt, for example, recorded the duration of the trip, fast acceleration and hard braking incidents, speeding, and other data. The location details of the trip were not reported.
So don't take your new Corvette to the track for a day of seeing what it can actually do. GM will sell that info - without any context - to your insurance company. Well, there may be some consent somewhere, but it will be on page 27 of a document designed to put you to sleep on page 1.
While auto insurance companies are the most logical customers for your driving data, presumably other types of firms could request it as well. Could life insurers or car rental companies find value in this information, for example? Attorneys trying to show a pattern of reckless driving?
The hat tip for this goes to Louis Rossmann and his video General Motors sells detailed driver logs without your consent.
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