Texas sues Allstate for collecting driver data without consent

Texas AG’s office sues Allstate for unlawful location, movement data collection

Allstate and its subsidiary, Arity, are being sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for allegedly collecting, using and selling data from Texans' cell phones unlawfully.According to an online statement from the Attorney General’s Office, the data comes from embedded software in mobile apps, like Life360, which reported Texans' movement and location.The Attorney General said Allstate would use Arity, a data analytics company, to pay app devel…

45 million Americans allegedly had their location data collected and sold by this top insurance firm

The insurance firm Allstate and its subsidiary Arity are facing allegations that they collected US driver data without giving customers notice or getting their consent.

AG Paxton sues Allstate over data collection

Paxton said the company and other insurers secretly collected data on apps like Life360, which tracks users' location and driving habits.

Texas AG sues Allstate, Arity for alleged unlawful data collection

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Allstate and its subsidiary, Arity, for allegedly unlawfully collecting the data of more than 45 million Americans and using it to raise insurance rates. Paxton claims Allstate and Arity "would pay app developers to incorporate its software to track consumers' driving data," according to a press release. The lawsuit states that Allstate embedded software in third-party apps, causing consumers to downloa…

Allstate accused of paying app makers for driver mobile data

Insurance giant sued by Texas for using surveillance without consent to jack up premiums, deny coverage

Allstate accused of secretly selling location data in Texas lawsuit

An Allstate subsidiary is accused of installing software in apps like Life360 and GasBuddy. The data was used to raise insurance rates, the attorney general alleges.