An expert said the auto industry should pay attention to Texas' data privacy laws: "What Texas has done is funded it, staffed it and supported it."

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Allstate Corp. and its data analytics subsidiary Arity LLC, accusing the companies of unlawfully collecting, using, and selling the personal data of more than 45 million drivers across the United States.

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

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

Arity, an Allstate subsidiary, is accused of using mobile phone apps to scoop up data — and hiking insurance rates as a result.