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Texas AG Sues Allstate for Illegal Data Harvesting

1/14/2025

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking a stand against Allstate and its subsidiary Arity, accusing them of illegally harvesting and selling driving data from more than 45 million Americans. The lawsuit claims Allstate's mobile apps covertly collected location information, breaching the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act and unjustly raising insurance rates without consumer approval.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking a stand against Allstate and its subsidiary Arity, accusing them of illegally harvesting and selling driving data from more than 45 million Americans. The lawsuit claims Allstate's mobile apps covertly collected location information, breaching the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act and unjustly raising insurance rates without consumer approval.