GM fined $220M for selling Smart Driver data

The significance here is less the sum than the precedent: a major automaker penalized specifically for monetizing vehicle-generated behavioral data, which puts every connected-car data pipeline in the same regulatory crosshairs. It lands on GM's data partners and on insurers and brokers who built products on that supply, since the penalty targets the sale rather than the collection. The open questions are which regulator drove the action and what the settlement's terms require of future data-sharing — both left unspecified, which makes the scope of the precedent hard to read yet.