PrivacyHigh
Motive AI Dashcams Allegedly Collected Truckers' Biometric Data and Built License-Plate Location Records Without Consent
- Occurred
- Jan 1, 2020
- Published
- Jul 28, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
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.
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
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
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
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Class action lawsuit alleges unauthorized biometric data collection and ALPR violations without consent.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8