Motive contests privacy claims over public plates and road travel
Motive TechnologiesDefendant, through its lawyers' motion to dismiss
Motive argues that the alleged public-road collection does not invade a protected privacy interest.
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Motive violated the drivers' privacy by collecting and aggregating their vehicle-tracking data without required disclosures.
“Plaintiffs have no privacy interest in their publicly displayed license plates or in their movements on public roads”
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Motive disputes drivers' privacy lawsuit over AI license-plate collection
Adam Dean and Christian Erickson allege that Motive collected and aggregated their plate and location data without required disclosures. Motive disputes that its license-plate system could have captured them during the alleged period and argues that public plates and road travel carry no protected privacy interest.
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Motive disputes exposure to its license-plate system and argues that the claims fail on privacy, injury and other legal grounds.
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The proposed class-action complaint states the plaintiffs' allegations about plate and location collection. It does not establish that the collection occurred.
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Motive separately argues that its relevant plate-reading system was not available during the drivers' alleged exposure periods.
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The motion presents this privacy argument as a separate ground for dismissal, alongside its argument that the relevant system was not available during the drivers' alleged exposure periods.
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Motive argues that the alleged collection does not invade a protected privacy interest, which defends the conduct at issue, while it separately contests that the plaintiffs were affected.
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