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Texas Attorney General Sues Allstate and Arity for Unlawfully Collecting, Using, and Selling Over 45 Million Americans’ Driving Data to Insurance Companies. (www.texasattorneygeneral.gov)

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Allstate, through its subsidiary data analytics company Arity, would pay app developers to incorporate its software to track consumers’ driving data. Allstate collected trillions of miles worth of location data from over 45 million consumers nationwide and used the data to create the “world’s largest driving behavior database.” When a consumer requested a quote or renewed their coverage, Allstate and other insurers would use that consumer’s data to justify increasing their car insurance premium.

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[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 18 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

He probably doesn't want anybody see the data of his frequent trips to the brothels of Juárez