Lawsuit claims Tesla broke privacy law by sharing user data without consent

Tesla privacy class action lawsuit overview:

• Who: Plaintiff Peter Dawidzik filed a class action lawsuit against Tesla Inc.
• Why: Dawidzik claims Tesla violated California privacy law by tracking visitors to its website without their consent.
• Where: The Tesla class action was filed in California federal court.

A new class action lawsuit alleges Tesla violated California privacy law by tracking visitors to its website without their consent.

Plaintiff Peter Dawidzik filed the class action lawsuit against Tesla on July 31 in California federal court, alleging violations of state privacy law.

Dawidzik claims Tesla’s website uses tracking technologies, such as pixel trackers, which collect detailed information about users’ interactions with the site. This includes data like IP addresses, browser details and geolocation, which are then transmitted to third-party servers.

Tesla’s trackers allegedly capture and transmit users’ IP addresses, full page URLs, referrer headers, device identifiers and other non-content metadata, functioning as “pen registers” and/or “trap and trace devices” under California law, Dawidzik explains.

Dawidzik argues that Tesla’s use of these trackers without user consent violates California’s Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), which prohibits the use of pen registers and trap and trace devices without consent or a court order.

Tesla failed to obtain user consent for tracking, class action alleges

Dawidzik claims Tesla failed to obtain user consent for the installation and use of the trackers, and that the data collected is used for advertising, profiling and data monetization purposes.

Dawidzik is looking to represent anyone within California whose browser was subject to installation, execution, embedding or injection of the trackers by Tesla’s website during the relevant statute of limitations period.

He is suing for violations of California’s Invasion of Privacy Act and Unfair Competition Law and is seeking certification of the class action, damages, fees, costs and a jury trial.

In other Tesla news, a nationwide recall of nearly 240,000 vehicles went out in January over concerns that an electrical problem could cause the rearview camera image to fail.

What do you think of the allegations in this Tesla privacy class action lawsuit? Let us know in the comments.

The plaintiff is represented by Reuben D. Nathan of Nathan & Associates APC and Ross Cornell of Law Offices of Ross Cornell APC.

The Tesla class action lawsuit is Dawidzik v. Tesla Inc., Case No. 5:25-cv-01982, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

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