A Georgia resident alleges that Allstate invaded his privacy by collecting driving data through the SiriusXM app without permission.

Allstate ALL.N has been sued by the state of Texas, which accused the insurer on Monday of illegally tracking drivers through their cell phones without their consent and using the data to justify charging more for car insurance.

An expert said the auto industry should pay attention to Texas' data privacy laws: "What Texas has done is funded it, staffed it and supported it."

To improve the accuracy of its data, Allstate is alleged to have purchased info about drivers from car manufacturers, such as Toyota, Lexus, Mazda, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Maserati, and Ram – without the consent of those drivers.

The lawsuit accuses Arity, an Allstate subsidiary, of collecting data about people’s driving behavior through mobile phone apps, leading to increases in drivers’ insurance rates.

The Northbrook-based insurer is accused in a proposed class action of hiking rates and taking other action against customers based on the “ill-gotten” data.

Allstate and Arity have been hit with a class action lawsuit, following hot on the heels of a lawsuit from the State of Texas. The latest suit says the companies collected data on more than 45 million Americans without their consent.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Allstate and its subsidiary, Arity, for unlawfully collecting, using, and selling data about the location and moveme