The state of Texas is suing Allstate and its subsidiary Arity for allegedly collecting and selling drivers' location data without consent through hidden software in mobile apps, marking the first state enforcement action of a comprehensive data privacy law.

Texas’ attorney general alleges Allstate violates privacy laws by illegally tracking 45 million Americans’ driving behaviors.

Paxton accuses Allstate of collecting driver location and movement data without consent to raise insurance rates in the state.

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.

The lawsuit accuses the insurance company of paying app developers to install code in their products that sent sensitive customer data back to Allstate.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Allstate Insurance Co. for allegedly conspiring to collect and sell data from mobile devices, without the owners' consent. But the insurer denies any wrongdoing.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Allstate insurance company for allegedly illegally collecting, using and selling the driving behavior data of over 45 million Americans.

Allstate and its subsidiary, Arity, are being sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for allegedly collecting, using and selling data from Texans' cell phones unlawfully.

A Georgia resident alleges that Allstate invaded his privacy by collecting driving data through the SiriusXM app without permission.

When consumers requested quotes or renewed their coverage, Allstate and other insurers would use the data it collected to justify increasing car insurance premiums.

Allstate and affiliates are accused of illicitly obtaining drivers’ data to build the “world’s largest driving behavior database.”