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Newsletter</p></span></span></a></div></div></div></header><div class="lg:flex flex-auto lg:justify-between mx-auto px-5 md:px-8 lg:px-12 xl:px-20 2xl:px-40 max-w-layout w-full"><main class="sidebar-page-main"><article class="article"><figure class="article__figure"><div class="article__img"><img alt="Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages" fetchpriority="high" width="1085" height="630" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" style="color:transparent;object-fit:cover;object-position:center" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1200px) 50vw, 33vw" srcSet="https://cms.therecord.media/uploads/format_webp/small_patrick_tomasso_5_WUB_10_Xteh_U_unsplash_e39139c52e.jpg?w=256 256w, https://cms.therecord.media/uploads/format_webp/small_patrick_tomasso_5_WUB_10_Xteh_U_unsplash_e39139c52e.jpg?w=384 384w, https://cms.therecord.media/uploads/format_webp/small_patrick_tomasso_5_WUB_10_Xteh_U_unsplash_e39139c52e.jpg?w=640 640w, https://cms.therecord.media/uploads/format_webp/small_patrick_tomasso_5_WUB_10_Xteh_U_unsplash_e39139c52e.jpg?w=750 750w, https://cms.therecord.media/uploads/format_webp/small_patrick_tomasso_5_WUB_10_Xteh_U_unsplash_e39139c52e.jpg?w=828 828w, https://cms.therecord.media/uploads/format_webp/small_patrick_tomasso_5_WUB_10_Xteh_U_unsplash_e39139c52e.jpg?w=1080 1080w, https://cms.therecord.media/uploads/format_webp/small_patrick_tomasso_5_WUB_10_Xteh_U_unsplash_e39139c52e.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https://cms.therecord.media/uploads/format_webp/small_patrick_tomasso_5_WUB_10_Xteh_U_unsplash_e39139c52e.jpg?w=1920 1920w, https://cms.therecord.media/uploads/format_webp/small_patrick_tomasso_5_WUB_10_Xteh_U_unsplash_e39139c52e.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https://cms.therecord.media/uploads/format_webp/small_patrick_tomasso_5_WUB_10_Xteh_U_unsplash_e39139c52e.jpg?w=3840 3840w" src="https://cms.therecord.media/uploads/format_webp/small_patrick_tomasso_5_WUB_10_Xteh_U_unsplash_e39139c52e.jpg?w=3840"/></div><figcaption class="article__img-caption">image: Patrick Tomasso via Unsplash</figcaption></figure><div class="article__main flex flex-wrap justify-between"><aside class="article__sidebar flex flex-wrap flex-col"><div><a class="article__editor" href="/author/suzanne-smalley">Suzanne Smalley<br/></a><span class="article__date padding-0 border-none border-l-0">November 8th, 2023</span></div></aside><div class="article__content"><h1>Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages</h1><span class="wysiwyg-parsed-content"><p>A federal judge on Tuesday refused to bring back a <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24133084-22-35448" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">class action lawsuit</a> alleging four auto manufacturers had violated Washington state’s privacy laws by using vehicles’ on-board infotainment systems to record and intercept customers’ private text messages and mobile phone call logs.</p> <p>The Seattle-based appellate judge ruled that the practice does not meet the threshold for an illegal privacy violation under state law, handing a big win to automakers Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen and General Motors, which are defendants in five related class action suits focused on the issue. One of those cases, against Ford, had been dismissed on appeal previously.</p> <p>The plaintiffs in the four live cases had appealed a prior judge’s dismissal. But the appellate judge ruled Tuesday that the interception and recording of mobile phone activity did not meet the Washington Privacy Act’s standard that a plaintiff must prove that “his or her business, his or her person, or his or her reputation” has been threatened.</p> <p>In an example of the issues at stake, plaintiffs in one of the five cases filed <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24134483-govuscourtswawd303144400" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">suit against</a> Honda in 2021, arguing that beginning in at least 2014 infotainment systems in the company’s vehicles began downloading and storing a copy of all text messages on smartphones when they were connected to the system.</p> <p>An Annapolis, Maryland-based company, Berla Corporation, provides the technology to some car manufacturers but does not offer it to the general public, the lawsuit said. Once messages are downloaded, Berla’s software makes it impossible for vehicle owners to access their communications and call logs but does provide law enforcement with access, the lawsuit said.</p> <p>Many car manufacturers are selling car owners’ data to advertisers as a revenue boosting tactic, according to <a href="https://therecord.media/connected-cars-hoover-up-data" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">earlier reporting</a> by Recorded Future News. Automakers are exponentially increasing the number of sensors they place in their cars every year with little regulation of the practice.</p></span><div class="social-share-icons"><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages%20%20@TheRecord_Media"><span class="text-white text-lg icon-twitter"></span></a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=&title=Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages"><span class="text-white text-lg icon-linkedin"></span></a></li><li><a data-href="" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=&amp;src=sdkpreparse"><span class="text-white text-lg icon-facebook"></span></a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://www.reddit.com/submit?url="><span class="text-white text-lg icon-reddit"></span></a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://news.ycombinator.com/submitlink?u=&t=Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages"><span class="text-white text-lg icon-hackernews"></span></a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/intent/compose?text=Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages "><span class="text-white text-lg icon-bluesky"></span></a></li></ul></div><div class="article__categories"><ul><li><a href="/">News Briefs</a></li><li><a href="/">Industry</a></li><li><a href="/news/privacy">Privacy</a></li></ul></div><div class="article__adunit"><div class="mb-4">Get more insights with the <div>Recorded Future</div><div>Intelligence Cloud.</div></div><a class="underline" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.recordedfuture.com/platform?mtm_campaign=ad-unit-record">Learn more.</a></div><div class="article__tags"><span class="article__tags__title">Tags</span><ul><li><a href="/tag/class-action">class-action</a></li><li><a href="/tag/lawsuit">lawsuit</a></li><li><a href="/tag/automotive-industry">automotive industry</a></li><li><a href="/tag/instant-messaging">instant messaging</a></li><li><a href="/tag/cars">Cars</a></li><li><a href="/tag/honda">Honda</a></li><li><a href="/tag/toyota">Toyota</a></li><li><a href="/tag/volkswagen">Volkswagen</a></li><li><a href="/tag/general-motors">General Motors</a></li><li><a href="/tag/legal">legal</a></li></ul></div><div class="article__pagination mb-[5px]"><div class="article__controls lg:mb-2 justify-center space-x-5"></div><div class="article__posts"><div class="article__post mb-[20px] md:mb-0"><span>No previous article</span></div><div class="article__post"><span>No new articles</span></div></div></div><div class="group flex flex-wrap items-center space-y-2 p-5 md:space-x-6"><div class="relative mx-auto flex-none h-[170px] w-[170px]"><a href="/author/suzanne-smalley"><img alt="Suzanne Smalley" loading="lazy" width="384" height="384" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="rounded-full" style="color:transparent;object-fit:cover;height:100%" srcSet="https://cms.therecord.media/uploads/format_webp/Suzanne_Smalley_27e80bc465.png?w=384 1x, https://cms.therecord.media/uploads/format_webp/Suzanne_Smalley_27e80bc465.png?w=828 2x" src="https://cms.therecord.media/uploads/format_webp/Suzanne_Smalley_27e80bc465.png?w=828"/></a></div><div class="w-full md:flex-1"><figcaption class="space-y-3 text-center md:text-left"><a href="/author/suzanne-smalley"><p class="page-heading-seven text-black">Suzanne Smalley</p></a><div class="editor__bio"><span class="wysiwyg-parsed-content"><p>is a reporter covering privacy, disinformation and cybersecurity policy for The Record. She was previously a cybersecurity reporter at CyberScoop and Reuters. Earlier in her career Suzanne covered the Boston Police Department for the Boston Globe and two presidential campaign cycles for Newsweek. 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One of those cases, against Ford, had been dismissed on appeal previously.\n\nThe plaintiffs in the four live cases had appealed a prior judge’s dismissal. But the appellate judge ruled Tuesday that the interception and recording of mobile phone activity did not meet the Washington Privacy Act’s standard that a plaintiff must prove that “his or her business, his or her person, or his or her reputation” has been threatened.\n\nIn an example of the issues at stake, plaintiffs in one of the five cases filed [suit against](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24134483-govuscourtswawd303144400) Honda in 2021, arguing that beginning in at least 2014 infotainment systems in the company’s vehicles began downloading and storing a copy of all text messages on smartphones when they were connected to the system.\n\nAn Annapolis, Maryland-based company, Berla Corporation, provides the technology to some car manufacturers but does not offer it to the general public, the lawsuit said. Once messages are downloaded, Berla’s software makes it impossible for vehicle owners to access their communications and call logs but does provide law enforcement with access, the lawsuit said.\n\nMany car manufacturers are selling car owners’ data to advertisers as a revenue boosting tactic, according to [earlier reporting](https://therecord.media/connected-cars-hoover-up-data) by Recorded Future News. 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