State Attorney General Ken Paxton accuses Allstate of "illegally" gathering data through mobile applications, including Life360.
Paxton accuses Allstate of collecting driver location and movement data without consent to raise insurance rates in the state.
Texas’ attorney general alleges Allstate violates privacy laws by illegally tracking 45 million Americans’ driving behaviors.
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.
The lawsuit accuses the insurance company of paying app developers to install code in their products that sent sensitive customer data back to Allstate.
A Georgia resident alleges that Allstate invaded his privacy by collecting driving data through the SiriusXM app without permission.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Allstate Insurance Co. for allegedly conspiring to collect and sell data from mobile devices, without the owners' consent. But the insurer denies any wrongdoing.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claims Allstate collected the data through mobile apps and by purchasing it from car manufacturers.
Texas sued Allstate on Monday alleging the company illegally collected and sold users’ information without their knowledge or consent. The lawsuit was filed less than two months after the OAG notified Allstate’s subsidiary,
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Allstate insurance company for allegedly illegally collecting, using and selling the driving behavior data of over 45 million Americans.
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.