Allstate has been sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for allegedly collecting and selling drivers’ data. This topic has been hot, thanks in part to an explosive report last year which blew the top off GM collecting and selling drivers’ data,

Allstate ALL.N has been sued by the state of Texas, which accused the insurer on Monday of illegally tracking drivers through their cell phones without their consent and using the data to justify charging more for car insurance.

Paxton accuses Allstate of collecting driver location and movement data without consent to raise insurance rates in the state.

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.

An expert said the auto industry should pay attention to Texas' data privacy laws: "What Texas has done is funded it, staffed it and supported it."

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.

Allstate Corp. faces a proposed class action for allegedly violating California and federal wiretapping and privacy laws with its data-collection practices.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Allstate and its subsidiary, Arity, for unlawfully collecting, using, and selling data about the location and moveme

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced lawsuits against Allstate and its subsidiary, Arity (together, “Allstate”), for the unlawful collection, us