Allstate Sues for Location Data Sale
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Allstate sued for allegedly tracking and selling 45M Americans' location data
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Allstate for allegedly selling location data to insurance companies.
Paxton claims the actions violated the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act .
The insurance provider allegedly collected trillions of miles' worth of location data from more than 45 million Americans .
Data brokers are frequent buyers of customer data.
Attorney General Paxton is right to hold Allstate accountable by filing a lawsuit.
Data has become the new oil, and everyone seems eager to exploit it.
Businesses that prioritize profits over privacy erode trust and put consumers at risk.
Do you think companies like Allstate should be required to make their data practices crystal clear to customers?.
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