A new lawsuit claims Allstate insurance and its data-collecting subsidiary Arity collect and sell driver information.

Allstate and Arity have been hit with a class action lawsuit, following hot on the heels of a lawsuit from the State of Texas. The latest suit says the companies collected data on more than 45 million Americans without their consent.

The class action was filed in the Northern District of Illinois. It goes further than the claims on behalf of Texas consumers in the state action, and looks to encompass a national class.

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.

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."

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.

Texas sued Allstate on Monday alleging the company illegally collected and sold users’ information without their knowledge or consent. The lawsuit was filed less than two months after the OAG notified Allstate’s subsidiary,

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

A Georgia resident alleges that Allstate invaded his privacy by collecting driving data through the SiriusXM app without permission.

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