(New York) Tesla is the subject of a collective complaint for invasion of privacy, in particular following revelations about employees internally sharing sensitive images taken by cameras installed on brand vehicles.
The electric cars of Elon Musk’s company are indeed equipped with multiple sensors, including cameras, to guide the driving assistance tools, explains the complaint filed Friday by Henry Yeh, owner in California of a Model Y, and consulted Monday by AFP.
Employees accessed the images “not for the stated purpose of communicating, providing services and improving the driving systems of Tesla vehicles”, deplores the complaint. But “for the tasteless and criminal entertainment of Tesla employees, and possibly people outside the company,” the document says, based on testimony reported Thursday by Reuters.
Employees released “recordings of Tesla customers in private and embarrassing situations, such as a video of a man approaching a Tesla vehicle completely naked, videos of accidents or assaults on the road “, is it advanced.
It is also possible to determine where the videos were taken, thus making it possible to identify the owner of the vehicle contrary to what the company claims, says the complaint.
The plaintiff, who accuses Tesla of intrusion into privacy, breach of consumer rights, breach of contract and negligence, among other things, is seeking damages.
Tesla did not respond to a request from AFP.