In the event a customer asks about Samsara’s ongoing litigation under Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), you can provide the following response to the customer.
Samsara was named in two lawsuits on allegations that Samsara has failed to comply with the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”). BIPA is an Illinois statute that regulates the use and collection of biometric information. The landscape of BIPA is still evolving and case law hasn’t provided clear guidance on the scope of BIPA liability. As a result, there has been a continual rise in plaintiffs’ firms bringing BIPA lawsuits against tech companies.
Here, the plaintiffs initially targeted two Samsara features, Camera ID and Distracted Driving Detection (“DDD”), to the extent they are used by customers in Illinois. Camera ID allows customers to automatically assign drivers to their vehicle; it is off by default and is not central to the operation of the overall safety platform. Distracted Driving Detection detects distractions while operating a vehicle; it is not central to the operation of the overall safety platform.
On November 3, 2022, the judge in the Illinois state court case found that Samsara complied with BIPA. Just recently, Plaintiff in the remaining case dropped his DDD claim because we produced evidence to persuade him that it does not collect biometric information. We are vigorously defending ourselves against the only remaining claim, and we believe we have strong arguments in our favor, including those that persuaded the court in the first lawsuit.
Samsara is committed to protecting the privacy and security of customer data, and has implemented robust protections with respect to Camera ID data to ensure that the privacy rights of our customers and their drivers are safeguarded.