Montana Sues GM and OnStar for Allegedly Selling Drivers’ Data to Insurers: How Your Car’s Driving Data Can Affect Your Insurance and What You Can Do

Montana is the latest state to sue General Motors and OnStar, alleging GM sold drivers’ speed, braking and seat-belt data to data brokers who passed it to insurers. Here’s what the lawsuit claims, what the FTC already ordered GM to do, and how to check whether driving data is affecting your insurance.

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Texas Settles With Temu: New Data Rules, Product Safety Testing and Refunds for Harmful Products. What Shoppers Should Know

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an agreed final judgment with Temu that requires U.S. data storage, annual independent product testing for lead, PFAS and other harmful materials, and full refunds to Texans who bought products that fail. Here’s what the settlement does, what it doesn’t, and what shoppers can do now.

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