Not sure what happened with this case, but it really highlights the significance of Privacy concerns, in terms of what information is being collected and stored in electric vehicles, which is something that
@cosors has also mentioned. In this case the Plaintiff alleges that Tesla’s driver monitoring practices violates his Illinois citizens’
statutorily protected privacy rights. It would be interesting to find what happens with this as I imagine it could set a legal precedent for future facial recognition technology.
It says " The class action complaint seeks to collect statutory damages of $5,000 for every time Tesla willfully or recklessly violated Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act. It also seeks to collect statutory damages of $1,000 for each negligent violation of the state’s BIPA. Tesla’s legal team, for its part, is yet to issue a response to the complaint."
If only
@Fact Finder were still here. I would love to hear his thoughts on this and, well, pretty much everything else just generally speaking.
Tesla has implemented a number of safety improvements for its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving suites over the years, and this includes updates to its driver monitoring systems (DMS). Last year, Tesla activated its camera-based driver monitoring system in Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, allowing...
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PS: Obviously we don't have to worry about Privacy concerns thanks to AKIDA.
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