Texas #AttorneyGeneral #KenPaxton filed #lawsuit against #Allstate and subsidiary #Arity for unlawfully collecting, using, and selling driving data from over 45 million Americans.
They are accused of paying millions of dollars to app developers to embed tracking code in widely used mobile apps to gather location and movement data of people without their knowledge or consent.
Data was used to profile people’s driving habits and adjust insurance quoting or renewal costs.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/allstate-car-insurer-sued-for-tracking-drivers-without-permission/

#Texas Sues #Allstate Over Its Collection of Driver Data

The lawsuit accuses #Arity , an Allstate subsidiary, of collecting data about people’s driving behavior through mobile phone apps, leading to increases in drivers’ #insurance rates.
#privacy #surveillance #tracking

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/technology/texas-allstate-driver-data-lawsuit.html