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.
Editor Notes: Timeline notes: The incident ID date is approximated to 01/01/2020, representing the earliest reported year in which plaintiff Adam Dean allegedly operated a work vehicle equipped with the implicated Motive dashcam system; no more precise date has yet been identified. The allegations became public after a proposed class action was filed on 07/24/2026. The incident ID was created on 07/30/2026.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: 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 , Vehicle location tracking systems , Motive Automatic License Plate Reader system , Motive AI Dashcam , Driver monitoring systems , Computer vision systems , Biometric data processing systems , Automated license plate readers (ALPR) and AI-powered dash cameras developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed 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 and Adam Dean.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1617
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2020-01-01
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
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A lawsuit filed by truck drivers accuses a popular fleet and driver management technology company of improperly collecting license plate data and "surreptitiously tracking Americans across the United States."
On July 24, 2026, truck drivers…
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