Consumer Vehicle Driving Data Tracking

This docket consolidates claims that automakers and connected-vehicle technology providers collected detailed driving-behavior data from consumer vehicles — including speed, braking, and location information — and shared that data with third parties, including insurance-scoring and data-broker companies, without adequate disclosure or consent, raising claims distinct from a conventional data-breach theory since the data collection was an ongoing business practice rather than the product of unauthorized third-party intrusion. Centralized in the Northern District of Georgia, the docket carries 21 pending actions, a still-developing claim population.

For a funder, this docket's consent-and-disclosure theory is a meaningfully different underwriting exercise than a hacking-based data breach: liability turns on what disclosures were made in vehicle purchase agreements, mobile apps, or connected-services terms, and whether those disclosures met applicable state consumer-protection or privacy-statute standards, rather than on a defendant's security practices in preventing unauthorized access. Diligence should focus on the specific vehicle manufacturer, model, and connected-services enrollment status for a given claimant, since practices reportedly varied across manufacturers.

As a consumer-protection and data-privacy matter, medical-lien considerations do not apply. For a claimant group or firm with claims tied to a specific automaker's data-sharing practices, Criterica Capital's commercial litigation finance line is the applicable structure, with diligence focused on the specific disclosure and consent record for that manufacturer. A structural brief on this developing docket is available through Criterica Intelligence.

Pre-settlement funding is a non-recourse purchase of a portion of the proceeds of a pending legal claim — not a loan. If the case does not result in a recovery, nothing is owed. Rates, fees, and repayment terms are disclosed in full in the funding agreement, which the applicant’s attorney reviews before signing. Availability and terms vary by state.