A new lawsuit claims Allstate insurance and its data-collecting subsidiary Arity collect and sell driver information.

Allstate and Arity have been hit with a class action lawsuit, following hot on the heels of a lawsuit from the State of Texas. The latest suit says the companies collected data on more than 45 million Americans without their consent.

The class action was filed in the Northern District of Illinois. It goes further than the claims on behalf of Texas consumers in the state action, and looks to encompass a national class.

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.

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.

Insurance heavyweight Allstate and its subsidiary, Arity, are under fire in a new lawsuit filed by the state of Texas. The state accuses the company of illegally tracking driving behaviors by “secretly embedding” software in mobile apps, using this covertly gathered data to justify raising insurance rates or cancel policies for Texans.

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

Texas sued Allstate on Monday alleging the company illegally collected and sold users’ information without their knowledge or consent. The lawsuit was filed less than two months after the OAG notified Allstate’s subsidiary,

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

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Allstate and its subsidiary, Arity, for unlawfully collecting, using, and selling data about the location and moveme