The insurance industry is covertly collecting driver data through seemingly harmless, subscription-based apps. Apps like MyRadar, Life360, and Gas Buddy, which gather data for child-monitoring, gas station-searching, and storm-tracking, are selling user data to insurance companies such as AllState Insurance. This data, which includes telematics and driving behavior, is used to set insurance rates without drivers' knowledge. Automakers are also involved in selling personal data to insurers. The practice has raised privacy concerns, as many users are unaware that their driving data is being monitored and sold.
#ItsViral | The employee claimed that the company demanded their employees to download an app which would monitor their personal phone activities. Read more: https://t.co/nGq4xKTaVN
Modern cars collect a lot of data on their drivers. https://t.co/03WCU205a2
Subscription-based apps Life360, MyRadar and Gas Buddy are providing user data to insurance firms which sets rates for their customers “No one who realizes what they’re doing would consent" https://t.co/ImEevtmGaF
Companies that gather location data for child-monitoring, gas station-searching, and storm-tracking apps could also be sending your telematics to car insurance firms. https://t.co/G4MH7fZPNW
Car insurance companies secretly collecting driver data with the help of phone apps: report https://t.co/xy1rWgkXmg https://t.co/IZ7NnIYHY3
Automakers are selling drivers' personal data to insurance companies without their knowledge. Follow: @AFpost https://t.co/JuI9tcfpLA
You know you have a credit score. Did you know that you might also have a driver score? Auto insurers have been taking a different tack, getting data about how people drive from automakers or apps that drivers already have on their phones. https://t.co/usxQA5QPhx
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