Cahen

ORDER ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS

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 violation of plaintiffs’ right to privacy.

Plaintiffs have not established specific or general jurisdiction against Ford. Additionally, given the lack of injury flowing from the asserted potential hacking issue, they lack standing to sue the defendants. Their privacy' claims are conclusorily pleaded and need more specificity. For these reasons, I GRANT defendants’ motions to dismiss with leave to amend.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) identifies three classes of plaintiffs: (1) the “California Class,” consisting of plaintiffs who bring California state law and California constitutional law claims against GM…