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

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.