Camera Surveillance and License Plate Recognition (ALPR) Class Actions

Physical surveillance technology has become more sophisticated and far more common. Companies now collect and analyze substantial amounts of visual and location data about customers and members of the public, often without adequate notice, consent, or lawful justification. Siri & Glimstad’s camera surveillance practice focuses on holding companies accountable for these practices.

Our attorneys investigate and prosecute class actions involving surveillance systems, including Automated License Plate Recognition (APLR) platforms such as those operated by Flock Safety. These technologies can capture, store, analyze, and share information about customers, visitors, and others who pass through monitored areas.

Many systems operate continuously in parking lots, retail locations, residential communities, and other commercial environments. The records they generate can show where a vehicle was located, when it was there, and patterns of movement over time. In some instances, that information may be retained for extended periods, combined with data from other locations, or disclosed to third parties without meaningful transparency.

Siri & Glimstad’s camera surveillance team develops and advances claims under privacy, consumer protection, and surveillance statutes, as well as other legal frameworks governing the collection and use of sensitive visual and location data. These cases can depend heavily on how the technology actually works. Questions about data storage, retention periods, system capabilities, and information-sharing practices may be central to determining what was collected and how it was used.

That technical complexity can make these cases difficult to litigate, particularly against well-resourced corporate defendants. Siri & Glimstad brings experience handling complex class actions and evaluating the surveillance practices at issue.

As networked cameras and automated monitoring tools become more widespread, commercial surveillance is capable of generating increasingly detailed records about where people and their vehicles have been. When location, movement, and vehicle data is collected without a person’s knowledge or consent, the privacy concerns extend beyond the initial collection itself, particularly if the information is retained, shared, or used to reconstruct activity over time.

• In re: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. et al. (Siri & Glimstad appointed as co-lead counsel)
• In re: Home Depot ALPR Litigation (Siri & Glimstad appointed as co-lead counsel)

If you believe a business, property owner, residential community, or other private organization may have collected, retained, or shared vehicle or location information through ALPR technology in a way that violated your rights, contact Siri & Glimstad to discuss what happened and whether legal options may be available.

A lawsuit seeking class-action status regarding camera surveillance and ALPR claims is pending or being investigated; nothing here requires you to give up any legal rights.