What LexisNexis Risk Solutions (RELX) does with your data
Cars, carriers, apps and travel. A data broker: people don't sign up with it.
Data current as of 2026-09-25; statuses change.
- Program
- Telematics Exchange, consumer reports for insurers
- Role
- Data broker, insurance data aggregator. Buys and normalizes automaker telematics and sells consumer reports to insurers.
- Members
- 10 million vehicles (2022). Vehicles with data hosted in the Telematics Exchange as of June 2022.
- Retail media
- None found in the research
What it collects and does with your data
- LexisNexis Telematics Exchange hosted data from over 10 million vehicles and 252 billion driving miles, with more than 60% of the OEM market engaged.
- With Kia joining, the Exchange includes automakers representing 46% of new car sales.
- California AG says GM sold Californians' driving data to LexisNexis intending a driver-rating product for insurers.
- LexisNexis disclosed a breach of 364,000-plus people's data (names, SSNs, driver's license numbers) via a GitHub account, occurring 2024-12-25 and detected 2025-04-01.
Sensitive data
- driving behavior
- SSNs and driver's license numbers
- location
Enforcement and litigation
1 matter in the research. Where the research says alleged, pending, or settled without admitting wrongdoing, so does this page.
- Co-defendant in GM MDL No. 3115; motion to dismiss largely denied 2026-04-22. Status: pending.
Who else holds your data
Organizations holding a copy of your data, as the research counts them: at least 3. LexisNexis, contributing automaker, and each insurer pulling a report.
Third parties: Named: Insurers (count unknown); automaker contributors
Companies the research links to LexisNexis Risk Solutions (RELX)
- General Motors (OnStar Smart Driver), confirmed. "GM publicly confirmed sharing Smart Driver data with Verisk from 2015 to 2024 and with LexisNexis Risk Solutions from 2018 to 2024; GM declined to tell Senator Wyden how many cars or what it was paid. The NYT reported 8 million vehicles." GM confirmed the sharing. The California AG separately says GM sold the data to LexisNexis from 2020 to 2024.
When you pick one of these companies' programs or apps in the calculator, LexisNexis Risk Solutions (RELX) is added to the organizations holding a copy of your data.
The research counts 3 for this record: LexisNexis Risk Solutions, the contributing automaker, each insurer pulling a report.
Data practices score
9 of 15. Five components, each 0 to 3. How the score works
- Sells or shares
- 3
- Enforcement
- 1
- Retail media scale
- 0
- Sensitive data
- 3
- Opt-out friction
- 2
Estimated emissions for one person
Research gaps
- Current Exchange size.
- Whether GM-derived records were deleted per California request.
Sources (6)
- https://risk.lexisnexis.com/about-us/press-room/press-release/20220628-telematics-exchange-5-year-anniversary 2022-06-28
- https://risk.lexisnexis.com/about-us/press-room/press-release/20240208-kia-joins-telematics-exchange 2024-02-08
- https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/when-it-comes-data-privacy-consumers-must-be-driver%E2%80%99s-seat-attorney-general 2026-05-08
- https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/28/data-broker-giant-lexisnexis-says-breach-exposed-personal-information-of-over-364000-people/ 2025-05-28
- https://dicellolevitt.com/court-allows-gm-onstar-vehicle-data-privacy-lawsuit-to-move-forward/ 2026-04-22
- https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden-markey_auto_privacy_letter_to_ftc.pdf 2024-07-26
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