A recent report has revealed that car insurance companies are secretly collecting driver data with the help of phone apps. Automakers are selling drivers' personal data to insurance companies without their knowledge. This information is being used to score drivers' performance and offer tailored insurance rates. For instance, Rob Leathern, a tech executive in Texas, received an email from Toyota offering him savings from Progressive based on his driving data. Apps like MyRadar, which appear to be innocuous, are reportedly selling driving data to insurance companies like AllState Insurance, according to a report in the NYT. AllState's subsidiary is involved in this data collection.
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Automakers are selling drivers' personal data to insurance companies without their knowledge. Follow: @AFpost https://t.co/JuI9tcfpLA
How the insurance industry is surrepitiously scoring your driving, using otherwise innocuous-looking apps. Who would expect weather app MyRadar to be selling your driving data to a subsidiary of AllState Insurance? @penphoe @bobmackin @bc_news_addict https://t.co/xzFlRdr1DN
My privacy story was in the NYT today: “Rob Leathern, a tech executive in Texas, was surprised last year when he got an email from Toyota saying he could get “big savings” from Progressive because he’d been identified as a safe driver, based on information collected from his…