Washington, D.C.—The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) welcomed Texas’s lawsuit against Allstate’s alleged violations of consumer and privacy data, and called for a thorough investigation of these violations.

“This is an important action to protect consumers and underlies the desperate need for privacy protections throughout the whole country that has strong prohibitions on secondary uses of data including selling, resources to empower enforcement agencies, and the ability for individuals directly harmed to sue,” said Ben Winters, CFA’s Director of AI and Privacy.

“While there is value in programs that tie insurance more closely to driving behavior, they can’t work without strong oversight,” said Michael DeLong, CFA’s Research and Advocacy Associate. “This lawsuit offers strong evidence that insurance companies can’t be trusted to do the right thing and that we need strong consumer protections to safeguard their driving behavior.”