Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Allstate on Tuesday alleging the company covertly monitored customers' driving habits in a bid to raise rates. The suit, which was filed in Montgomery County,

Don't mess with Texas, especially if you're an insurance company violating privacy laws to raise rates. That's how the state's attorney general feels, anyway, after accusing Allstate of acquiring (and reselling) the smartphone data of millions of drivers.

Legislators and Data Privacy Experts are voicing growing concerns about the amount of data that car manufacturers and insurance companies can access and use.

Allstate ALL.N has been sued by the state of Texas, which accused the insurer on Monday of illegally tracking drivers through their cell phones without their consent and using the data to justify charging more for car insurance.

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.

Insurance giant sued by Texas for using surveillance without consent to jack up premiums, deny coverage Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday filed a lawsuit against Allstate Corporation and its mobile analytics subsidiary,