A 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.
You would lose that bet. David G. Estudillo was appointed to the state judiciary by Gov. Jay Inslee and then to the federal judiciary by Biden.
However, the article misrepresented the ruling. The actual decision (my emphasis) was:
a plaintiff must allege an injury to “his or her business, his or her person, or his or her reputation.”
An injury is more than a threat, it’s an actual monetary loss. To show an injury, you need to “bring the receipts” as it were. In this case, the plaintiff did not formally state their injury.
“His or her person has been threatened” implies physical harm. Sounds dumb or corrupt for privacy legislation, but unless the car companies were using the data to conduct identity theft, it wouldn’t be considered a direct threat. Obviously we know them storing the data at all is a threat, even without the data brokers, but the law is shit… and judges are usually technologically illiterate rich kids anyway.
Basically the judge said the plaintiff could not show any harm done to them. Someone who has been arrested based on this could definitely sue and get it stopped.
Judges are supposed to rule based on what the law says, not what they think is a good idea. Most likely the law is just inadequate.
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You would lose that bet. David G. Estudillo was appointed to the state judiciary by Gov. Jay Inslee and then to the federal judiciary by Biden.
However, the article misrepresented the ruling. The actual decision (my emphasis) was:
An injury is more than a threat, it’s an actual monetary loss. To show an injury, you need to “bring the receipts” as it were. In this case, the plaintiff did not formally state their injury.
“His or her person has been threatened” implies physical harm. Sounds dumb or corrupt for privacy legislation, but unless the car companies were using the data to conduct identity theft, it wouldn’t be considered a direct threat. Obviously we know them storing the data at all is a threat, even without the data brokers, but the law is shit… and judges are usually technologically illiterate rich kids anyway.
Basically the judge said the plaintiff could not show any harm done to them. Someone who has been arrested based on this could definitely sue and get it stopped.
God this place is a cesspool. How do armchair lawyers get upvoted like this?