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Allstate used GasBuddy and other apps to track driving behavior: lawsuit
With connected cars and revenue-hungry apps, insurers are flush with data.
Texas' lawsuit claims that Arity incentivized—through "generous bonus incentives"—apps like GasBuddy, a gas price-tracking app, and Life360, which is intended to keep tabs on family members' location, to "increas[e] the size of their dataset." The suit also cites Allstate as gathering direct car use data from Toyota, Lexus, Mazda, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Maserati, and Ram vehicles. Kevin is a senior technology reporter at Ars Technica, covering open-source software, PC gaming, home automation, repairability, e-bikes, and tech history.
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