Incident #1617
Motive AI Dashcams Allegedly Collected Truckers' Biometric Data and Built License-Plate Location Records Without Consent
Description
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.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- motive-technologies
- commercial-vehicle-surveillance-technology-developers
- commercial-fleet-operators-using-ai-dashcams
- automatic-license-plate-recognition-(alpr)-technology-developers
- ai-powered-dash-camera-developers
Alleged Developers
- motive-technologies
- commercial-vehicle-surveillance-technology-developers
- commercial-fleet-operators-using-ai-dashcams
- automatic-license-plate-recognition-(alpr)-technology-developers
- ai-powered-dash-camera-developers
Harmed Parties
- workers-subjected-to-workplace-surveillance
- truck-drivers-using-motive-ai-dashcams
- road-users
- privacy
- motorists-recorded-by-motive-alpr-systems
- christian-erickson
- biometric-data-subjects
- adam-dean