The state of Connecticut recently enacted the nation’s fifth data privacy law (the Act) that establishes obligations for businesses in the state who process and manage consumer’s data and creates privacy standards for data controllers and processors. The Act follows bills passed in Virginia, California, Colorado, and Utah. The Act […]
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Telematics programs used by auto insurers to set premiums or offer discounts to their customers to often have “confusing and opaque” rules, and gather more information than is necessary, an investigation by Consumer Reports (CR) has found. In its in-depth look at telematics options offered by the nation’s 10 largest […]
Insurers that use telematics tend to gather a lot more information than they need for determining discounts. Even if a company doesn’t use speed or phone use in its calculations, for example, it may still be tracking and recording those behaviors. The companies also generally require 24/7 access to your […]