QOTD: Will Texas Lawsuit Against GM Prevail?
We all seem to dislike having our data harvested by our cars and sold to insurance companies. Now, the state of Texas has sued.
We have to wonder if a) the suit will prevail and b) if it does, how it could impact the automotive industry -- and lots of other industries, really.
Personally, I don't love the idea of my car ratting me out to insurance companies if I were speeding or made an aggressive turn or something.
I am sure you don't, either.
So, I will turn it over to you. Do you think Texas can/will win, and if it does, how will it change things?
Sound off below.
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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