General Motors just agreed to pay $12.75M to settle allegations in CA that the automaker illegally sold detailed driving data from hundreds of thousands drivers to data brokers. GM made about $20M nationwide from the data sales, CA says. The settlement, subject to court approval, restricts GM's use of consumer driving data compiled about subscribers to its OnStar service and a ​ban on such data being sold to brokers. It includes a 5-year ban on sales of personal ​data. (Source: Reuters)

Before the settlement, GM delivered a chilling warning: