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General Motors fined $12.75M for selling location data(privacy.ca.gov)
7 points by jboggan 13 hours ago | 1 comments
jboggan 13 hours ago | parent [-]

Previous discussion on this case:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39709991

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42734260

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.