by Bethany Blankley at The Center Square via Just the News
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, Arity, that it was in violation of the Texas Business and Commerce Code and Texas Data Privacy and Security Act.
The lawsuit was filed in District Court of Montgomery County and requests a trial by jury. It names the Allstate Corporation, Allstate Insurance Company, Allstate Vehicle and Property Insurance Company, Arity, LLC, Arity 875, LLC, and Arity Services, LLC as defendants.
Allstate et al “conspired to secretly collect and sell ‘trillions of miles’ of consumers’ ‘driving behavior’ data from mobile devices, in-car devices, and vehicles,” the 46-page complaint states. They then “used the illicitly obtained data to build the ‘world’s largest driving behavior database,’ housing the driving behavior of over 45 million Americans” to support its car insurance business and “profit from selling the driving behavior data to third parties, including other car insurance carriers.”
Millions of Americans, including Texans,…
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