July 9 (UPI) -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers has filed a lawsuit against General Motors and OnStar, accusing the automaker and its subsidiary company of selling the driving data of Nebraskans, without the drivers' consent, which was then used to affect insurance rates and coverage.
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in the Nebraska District Court of Lancaster County, seeking a ruling that the scheme illegal under the state's consumer protection and deceptive trade practices laws, and requesting civil penalties.
"Nebraskans deserve to work with companies that are truthful and honest about what they are doing," Hilgers said in a statement.
"That is not what happened here, and we filed this lawsuit because one large company decided that it wouldn't honestly tell Nebraskans that their data was going to be used to impact their insurance rates."
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