(InvestigateTV) — As cars become increasingly connected, legislators and experts nationwide are voicing growing concerns about how much data car manufacturers and insurance companies can access and use.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, filed a lawsuit Monday against Allstate, one of the largest publicly traded insurance companies in the U.S.
The lawsuit accuses the insurer of unlawfully collecting, using, and selling more than 45 million consumers’ driving data nationwide without their consent to justify higher car insurance premiums.
Today I sued Allstate and its subsidiary, Arity, for unlawfully collecting, using, and selling data about the location and movement of Texans’ cell phones through secretly embedded software in mobile apps.
Texans deserve better, and we will hold all these companies accountable.…
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) January 13, 2025
This lawsuit follows a series of investigations and reports by InvestigateTV, which uncovered the privacy risks of data collection in the auto industry. Experts and lawmakers have raised concerns about how much information vehicles can gather on …