Other Apps on Your Phone Might Be Sharing Your Driving Habits With Car Insurance Companies
Your car insurance company may have asked you to download an app, one that they said would track your driving habits; all for a discount on your insurance. If you’re like many Americans you may have declined either through lack of interest, convenience or for privacy. However, a new report outlines how they might be monitoring you anyways. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
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00:00Your car insurance company may have asked you to download an app.
00:03One that they said would track your driving habits.
00:05All for a discount on your insurance.
00:07If you're like many Americans, you may have declined either through lack of interest, convenience or for privacy.
00:12However, a new report outlines they may be monitoring you anyways.
00:16According to a new investigation by the New York Times,
00:19several apps that use driving analyzing technology run by Arity,
00:22all collect data on drivers who have installed them.
00:25Arity is an all-state company.
00:27And the tech creates a score for drivers.
00:29Allstate's website says the technology has accumulated more than a trillion miles of driving data.
00:34However, the user agreements for data collection on the apps which use Arity are so unclear,
00:39the New York Times reported that many users didn't even know their data was being shared with insurers.
00:44So which apps are using Arity?
00:45According to the report, Life360, MyRadar and GasBuddy to name a few.
00:50Apps which tout they are helping drivers.
00:52Arity claims this data collection can help drivers save money.
00:55And that they never share personalized driving data with insurers,
00:58unless given express permission.
01:00However, Business Insider reports,
01:022024 also marks a 50-year high for car insurance prices.
01:06Ones that have even sped past inflation.