Texas Sues Allstate Over Data Use
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•Lawsuit: Allstate used GasBuddy and other apps to quietly track driving behavior
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Texas sues insurance provider Allstate for using data from apps like GasBuddy , Routely, and Life360 to track drivers and adjust policies.
Allstate and its data broker subsidiary, Arity, collected " trillions of miles worth of location data" from more than 45 million people, the suit says.
Texas says it's the first -ever state action targeting comprehensive data privacy violations.
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