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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued General Motors on Tuesday, alleging the manufacturing giant illegally collected and sold private driver information without consent.

The agreement was reached on the eve of a scheduled trial date. It marks the largest settlement of its kind achieved by a single state, according to the Texas attorney general’s office.

The company said there was no evidence that any user data was actually viewed, obtained, misused, or disseminated as a result of the attack.

In the age of the Internet-of-things, every digital device you own collects information about you, while websites, corporations and social media platforms…