Apps like Life360, MyRadar, and GasBuddy share driving data with insurers, raising rates. Life360 and MyRadar users can opt out of data selling in app settings. GasBuddy users should check privacy ...

Apps on your phone may track you in ways you don’t expect. They have nothing to do with insurance or even driving. But Action 9 investigator Jason Stoogenke says they could cause your car insurance to ...

Apps you sign up for to find the best price for gas, or keep track of your family’s safety, could be tracking something else and selling location and motion data to insurance companies. “The quotes I ...

(WJAR) — Drive-tracking apps are marketed as an easy way to lower your monthly insurance payment. But who's really getting access to your data? Executive editor of CarInsurance.com Laura Longero says ...

Auto insurance rates have climbed so much that enough Americans could be willing to sacrifice some privacy for lower rates to make 2025 a breakout year for usage-based insurance, or UBI, according to ...

Texas has sued insurance provider Allstate, alleging that the firm and its data broker subsidiary used data from apps like GasBuddy, Routely, and Life360 to quietly track drivers and adjust or cancel ...

The day before Philip Siefke went shopping for a new car insurance policy, he happened to hit his brakes hard while driving. Not 24 hours later, when he priced a policy with Progressive, he was ...