A Tesla owner in California has filed a class-action lawsuit against the electric car maker, accusing it of violating customers' privacy, Reuters reported on Sunday.
The lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California came after Reuters reported on Thursday that groups of Tesla employees privately shared through an internal messaging system, videos and images recorded by cameras in customers' cars between 2019 and 2022. and XNUMX.
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The lawsuit states that Tesla's behavior is scandalous and highly offensive.
The lawsuit asks the court to order Tesla to take responsibility for its wrongful conduct, including violating the privacy of customers and others, and to recover actual and punitive damages.