Montana AG Accuses General Motors of SLIMY Tactics to Steal Your Data in New Lawsuit

AUTHOR'S UPDATE (10/21/26): I have received an official response from General Motors about the lawsuit allegations mentioned below. You can view their official statement and response HERE.

Another day, another lawsuit! Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has been all gas, no brakes when it comes to lawsuits in Montana.

Recently, I shared with you that he filed lawsuits against OpenAI, TP-Link, and now he's going after a company that doesn't deal exclusively with AI and internet routers.

Montana AG Says He's Suing General Motors, OnStar

Yeah, I'll be honest - I didn't see this one coming. What could General Motors and OnStar be doing that would cause a state's attorney general to sue them?

For starters, AG Knudsen says GM is violating Montana's Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act.

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"GM engaged in deceptive practices by taking Montanans driving data and selling it to other brokers without their permission. That’s a violation of the law and I will hold them accountable," Attorney General Knudsen said.

The Allegations Against GM and OnStar

AG Knudsen alleges that GM and OnStar "deceptively enrolled its customers" into surrendering their driving data which they then used to sell to data brokers without consent.

Here's the kicker - they're saying those data brokers then sold that customer data to insurance companies who used it to increase the customer's rate.

They allege this info includes the "vehicle's speed, seatbelt buckle status, when a hard brake occurs, and dozens of other driving data points."

If that's true? Man, that's slimy as hell!

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They also allege company employees earned commissions on signing people to share their data which they allege could have caused customers to get enrolled without their consent.

The lawsuit says employees would warn customers who were reluctant to sign up that certain safety features would be absent if they didn't sign up; essentially scaring them into surrendering their data.

It's a gross lawsuit and for the sake of us all, I hope it's not all true... that said, if it is - it could be one of the nastiest businesses practices we've ever seen from an automobile company.