Cardo
Active Member
Interesting question, and certainly one that is likely to come up more and more as cars become more computerised and driving data is uploaded and stored.
In relation to TeslaMate data stored on an RPi at home, depending on the offence, police could seize the RPi and sift through the data if they believed there may be evidence of the offence on there. The RPi itself could be seized via a search warrant or a post-arrest search. Clearly not going to happen for a speeding offence, however it could come into play for something more serious. There’d be nothing to stop an investigating officer from looking at that data for something such as a burglary or robbery. Technically, even a low level theft would qualify. However, it comes down to resources, justification and the know how of the investigating officer/s to look for that data.
In relation to TeslaMate data stored on an RPi at home, depending on the offence, police could seize the RPi and sift through the data if they believed there may be evidence of the offence on there. The RPi itself could be seized via a search warrant or a post-arrest search. Clearly not going to happen for a speeding offence, however it could come into play for something more serious. There’d be nothing to stop an investigating officer from looking at that data for something such as a burglary or robbery. Technically, even a low level theft would qualify. However, it comes down to resources, justification and the know how of the investigating officer/s to look for that data.