Default California sues Texas company over automated license plate reader data collection

[desertrunner]

If California prevails at trial, affected parties/people could collect $2500. Article has website link to check if you are 'involved' in the suit so as to make claim.

San Francisco Gate article:http://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/p...t-18685303.php

If you drive a car in California, you may be in for a payday thanks to a lawsuit alleging privacy violations by a Texas company.

The 2021 lawsuit, given class-action status in September, alleges that Digital Recognition Network is breaking a California law meant to regulate the use of automatic license plate readers. DRN, a Fort Worth-based company, uses plate-scanning cameras to create location data for people’s vehicles, then sells that data to marketers, car repossessors and insurers.

What’s particularly notable about the case is the size of the class. The court has established that if you’re a California resident whose license plate data was collected by DRN at least 15 times since June 2017, you’re a class member. The plaintiff’s legal team estimates that the tally includes about 23 million people, alleging that DRN cameras were mounted to cars on public roads. The case website lets Californians check whether their plates were scanned.

[limitles]

If California prevails at trial, affected parties/people could collect $2500. Article has website link to check if you are 'involved' in the suit so as to make claim.

San Francisco Gate article:www.sfgate.com/tech/article/privacy-license-plate-scanning-lawsuit-18685303.php

If you drive a car in California, you may be in for a payday thanks to a lawsuit alleging privacy violations by a Texas company.

The 2021 lawsuit, given class-action status in September, alleges that Digital Recognition Network is breaking a California law meant to regulate the use of automatic license plate readers. DRN, a Fort Worth-based company, uses plate-scanning cameras to create location data for people’s vehicles, then sells that data to marketers, car repossessors and insurers.

What’s particularly notable about the case is the size of the class. The court has established that if you’re a California resident whose license plate data was collected by DRN at least 15 times since June 2017, you’re a class member. The plaintiff’s legal team estimates that the tally includes about 23 million people, alleging that DRN cameras were mounted to cars on public roads. The case website lets Californians check whether their plates were scanned.

Let's not forget the idea of personal identification is to avert illegal activity.
Shut the fuck up you moron

The whole idea of of a license plate is identification


You cannot legally drive without one

[TheXFactor]

California is fucked up.

[limitles]

If California prevails at trial, affected parties/people could collect $2500. Article has website link to check if you are 'involved' in the suit so as to make claim.

San Francisco Gate article:www.sfgate.com/tech/article/privacy-license-plate-scanning-lawsuit-18685303.php

If you drive a car in California, you may be in for a payday thanks to a lawsuit alleging privacy violations by a Texas company.

The 2021 lawsuit, given class-action status in September, alleges that Digital Recognition Network is breaking a California law meant to regulate the use of automatic license plate readers. DRN, a Fort Worth-based company, uses plate-scanning cameras to create location data for people’s vehicles, then sells that data to marketers, car repossessors and insurers.

What’s particularly notable about the case is the size of the class. The court has established that if you’re a California resident whose license plate data was collected by DRN at least 15 times since June 2017, you’re a class member. The plaintiff’s legal team estimates that the tally includes about 23 million people, alleging that DRN cameras were mounted to cars on public roads. The case website lets Californians check whether their plates were scanned.

Let's not forget the idea of personal identification is to avert illegal activity.
Shut the fuck up you moron

The whole idea of of a license plate is identification


You cannot legally drive without one

The problem with America, besides lack of gun laws, extreme inbreeding and
lead paint cradles is trusting private enterprise to areas where they do not belong. Hospitals, health care providers, ambulance drivers and on and on

Your fucked up court system is running amok and pointing the finger at the problem at the same time

[Dan Druff]

Very interesting, and I'll check whether my plates were involved.

People would freak out if they knew the amount of data that has been collected about their lives. A lot of it, like this, you can't prevent. But you should always seek to give the absolute minimum data to companies, regardless of what they ask for on their forms.

I learned this as a teenager as a 1980s hacker, where I gained immense respect for the power of personal information, and the harm it can cause when in the wrong hands.