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Commentary: Consumers Unaware Allstate Is Tracking Their Driving Behaviors
In our modern age of camera-equipped cellphones and laptops, ubiquitous social media websites, and constant GPS tracking that everyone seems to use to go anywhere, you are not paranoid if you worry that Big Brother—the government—along with companies like Google and Facebook, are recording your every move. If the allegations made by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are true, you can add automobile insurance companies and a host of third-party app developers to that list.
That is according to a lawsuit filed by Paxton that brings up shades of George Orwell’s book “1984” and the constant surveillance of citizens he describes in the mythical country of Oceania. The lawsuit he filed in Texas state court is against Allstate Insurance and several of its subsidiaries. It claims that the insurer has violated the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act as well as other provisions of the Texas business and insurance code.
NEWS FROM THE STATES
DeWine Picks Husted as Ohio’s Next Senator
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine picked Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted as Ohio’s next senator.
“The person who is suited to be the next United States Senator is a person who has been close to me the last six years. A person who almost daily I work with,” DeWine said. “And that person is Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted.”
COMMENTARY
Commentary: Consumers Unaware Allstate Is Tracking Their Driving Behaviors
In our modern age of camera-equipped cellphones and laptops, ubiquitous social media websites, and constant GPS tracking that everyone seems to use to go anywhere, you are not paranoid if you worry that Big Brother—the government—along with companies like Google and Facebook, are recording your every move. If the allegations made by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are true, you can add automobile insurance companies and a host of third-party app developers to that list.
That is according to a lawsuit filed by Paxton that brings up shades of George Orwell’s book “1984” and the constant surveillance of citizens he describes in the mythical country of Oceania. The lawsuit he filed in Texas state court is against Allstate Insurance and several of its subsidiaries. It claims that the insurer has violated the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act as well as other provisions of the Texas business and insurance code.
ENTERTAINMENT & LIFESTYLE
The Imaginaries Release New Music
The Imaginaries, one of my favorite musical couples, are comprised of blues rocker Shane Henry and pop singer and pianist Maggie McClure. I featured them in September of 2022 and explored how they, coming from two different musical backgrounds, combined their efforts to bring us the unique folk/pop-rock duo, The Imaginaries.
Besides the music they create together, they have long been part of the Sync World, writing music for TV and movies and occasionally starring in them. You can catch them in the Reagan movie singing Frankie Vallie’s “My Eyes Adored You.”