There’s still plenty of work to be done when it comes to your personal data and how companies are, and aren’t, protecting it. For example, take the case of Temieka Clay. When she requested her LexisNexis file, she received 200 pages of records “cataloging details from her car’s onboard computer about her driving.” It seems that OnStar was tracking “things like acceleration events, high-speed events, and hard brake events.” Then, GM reportedly “shared 603 of those entries with data brokers.” In Clay’s words, “You think the OnStar app is for safety and if it gets stolen…but certainly not for spying on me and sending information to the insurance company.” Incidentally, Clay requested the report one day after her “insurance rate shot up 80%” and she decided to shop around for something more competitive…which is when one insurance broker suggested getting the LexisNexis report.
Source: KIRO 7