An Illinois resident is leading a class-action lawsuit against Tesla for allegedly violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, Bloomberg Law reports. According to the lawsuit Tesla has allegedly been scanning drivers’ faces of the Model 3 and Model Y vehicles while in autopilot and full self-driving modes. The lawsuit claims, the company did not offer drivers the ability to provide informed consent for biometric collection, allegedly when the self-driving system scanned for facial and eye tracking to ensure the driver was paying attention to the road.
16 March 2022
Illinois class-action lawsuit alleges Tesla vehicles scan for facial and eye tracking
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