Texas has sued insurance provider Allstate, alleging that the firm and its data broker subsidiary used data from apps like GasBuddy, Routely, and Life360 to quietly track drivers and adjust or cancel their policies.

According to the lawsuit, AllState and its subsidiary harvested trillions of miles of location data from over 45 million insured customers across the nation, resulting in the 'world's largest driving behavior database.

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.

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."

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.

Arity, an Allstate subsidiary, is accused of using mobile phone apps to scoop up data — and hiking insurance rates as a result.

The insurance firm is said to have used GasBuddy, Life360, and other smartphone apps to spy on drivers' whereabouts and cross-check their mileage.

How Did Allstate Do It? The lawsuit claims that Allstate paid app developers millions of dollars to surreptitiously integrate its tracking software into popular apps. These mobile

Insurance giant sued by Texas for using surveillance without consent to jack up premiums, deny coverage Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday filed a lawsuit against Allstate Corporation and its mobile analytics subsidiary,

Car insurance companies used the data to raise rates, according to the complaint filed by the Texas attorney general.