Motive AI Dashcams Allegedly Collected Truckers' Biometric Data and Built License-Plate Location Records Without Consent
Truck drivers Adam Dean and Christian Erickson alleged that Motive Technologies' AI dashcams used automatic license plate recognition to record plates and time-stamped vehicle locations and collected drivers' biometric data without adequate notice or consent. Dean reportedly drove a Motive-equipped vehicle from 2020–2023 and Erickson from 2022–2025. Their proposed class action alleges privacy harms and violations of California's ALPR law.
- Date it happened
- 2020-01-01
- Organisation involved
- Motive Technologies, Commercial vehicle surveillance technology developers, Commercial fleet operators using AI dashcams, Automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) technology developers, AI-powered d
- Product, system or model
- Vehicle location tracking systems, Motive Automatic License Plate Reader system, Motive AI Dashcam, Driver monitoring systems, Computer vision systems, Biometric data processing systems, Automated lic
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