Texas Is Enforcing Its State Data Privacy Law. So Should Other States.

“The Texas Attorney General’s office estimates that 45 million Americans, including those in Texas, unwittingly downloaded this software that collected their information, including location information, without notice or consent.”

Allstate’s Arity pulled driving data from 45 million people through an SDK buried in other apps. Texas sued. Arity skipped the 30-day window it had to fix the problem. Nineteen states have privacy laws. Texas is the one enforcing its law.