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General Motors fined $12.75M for selling location data
- jboggan 5mo agoPrevious discussion on this case: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39709991 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39709991 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42734260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42734260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39793903 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39793903 The real impact of this case is that it's the first time we've seen a serious data minimization case in the US. California's investigation showed that they will prosecute if legitimately collected data is repurposed and resold after the fact.