Popular smartphone apps used to track people’s location and provide weather reports may hand over driving data to a firm that sells the information to insurance companies for the purposes of setting ...

As insurance premiums seem to increase frequently, it isn’t a wonder why consumers are looking for ways to lower their rates. Most auto insurance companies offer some sort of discount for safer ...

Car insurance companies have been offering drivers ways to lower their car insurance premiums by using apps. These programs typically involve downloading an app that tracks your driving habits or ...

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 ...

WRAL 5 On Your Side spent weeks asking insurers how they use data collected by your phone, and testing the apps that gather that information. Data about when, where and how you drive are broadly ...

Turns out, this seemingly benevolent feature also is tracking users—and, per aNew York Timesreport, is shoveling their data ...

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 ...

Many insurance companies now offer safe-driving programs to lower your car insurance rate, in return for tracking your habits behind the wheel — but some users caution that the technology doesn't ...

The state of Texas is suing Allstate, the fourth-largest car insurance provider in the United States, for allegedly tracking drivers' behavior via third-party smartphone apps. The lawsuit claims ...

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NATIONAL — Apps on your phone may be tracking you in ways you didn’t think you signed up for. It could even cause the price of your car insurance to increase. As reported on News Center 7 Daybreak, ...