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· San Francisco, CA

Class action alleges Motorola and Vigilant illegally shared California license plate data

On July 16, 2026, plaintiffs filed a first amended class action complaint in the Northern District of California against Motorola Solutions and its subsidiary Vigilant Solutions. The lawsuit alleges violations of California’s ALPR Privacy Act, including sharing California license plate data with out-of-state and federal agencies, failing to implement adequate usage and privacy policies, and failing to maintain reasonable security procedures. The complaint states Vigilant operates over a thousand ALPR devices in California and that data has been shared with entities such as Thomson Reuters and Palantir. Case number 3:26-cv-06099-JD.

Also in San Francisco, CA

7 entries over 17 yr 4 mo, oldest first. The gap is the time since the previous one.

  1. San Francisco settles plate-misread gunpoint stop for $495,000
  2. +16 yr 5 moSFPD let out-of-state agencies run 1.6 million searches of its Flock data, some for ICE
  3. +6 monthsClass action says Flock illegally shared Californians' plate data with federal and out-of-state agencies
  4. +4 monthsSan Francisco Police Audit Shows Feds ‘Improperly’ Accessed License Plate Data Hundreds of Times
  5. same daySFPD audit finds Flock camera data accessed on behalf of federal, out-of-state agencies
  6. +1 daySFPD suspends Flock camera network access after audit finds improper queries
  7. +28 daysClass action alleges Motorola and Vigilant illegally shared California license plate data this entry

Sources

  1. First Amended Class Action Complaint (Case No. 3:26-cv-06099-JD) — Class Law Group, Jul 16, 2026 (wp.classlawgroup.com)

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