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Texas court lacks jurisdiction over Allstate, subsidiary, judge says in location privacy suit

( April 10, 2025, 21:09 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A Texas judge dismissed Allstate and its data analytics subsidiary, Arity 875 LLC from a lawsuit brought by the State of Texas claiming they illegally turned smartphone apps into covert location data trackers that logged the driving routes of 45 million people across the US without their knowledge. The judge found the court lacks jurisdiction over the two companies as they are neither headquartered nor incorporated in Texas.See attached order....

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