Cahen v. Toyota Motor Corp.

ORDER ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS

WILLIAM H. ORRICK, United States District Judge

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs filed this putative class action against defendants Ford Motor Company, General Motors LLC (“GM”), Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc, (the latter two collectively as “Toyota”), alleging that defendants have equipped their vehicles with computer technology that is susceptible to being hacked by third parties. They also assert that defendants improperly collect and transmit information about vehicle performance and the geographical location of the cars they sell in…