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BlackVue is a dash camera brand owned by Pittasoft Co. Ltd.   


==Consumer-impact summary==
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==Incidents==
==Incidents==
===Require Registration to Use Cameras (''March 13, 2025'')===
===Require Registration to Use Cameras (''March 13, 2025'')===
On March 13, 2025 BlackVue published a blog post<ref>{{Cite web |title=Discover the Latest BlackVue App Update: Enhanced UI, New Features, and More |url=https://media.blackvue.com/discover-the-latest-blackvue-app-update-enhanced-ui-new-features-and-more/}}</ref> announcing that accounts, comprised of email and password registered with BlackVue, will be required to use the app.  The app is required to perform firmware upgrades on the camera, as well as transfer videos without removing the SD card.
On March 13, 2025 BlackVue published a blog post<ref>{{Cite web |title=Discover the Latest BlackVue App Update: Enhanced UI, New Features, and More |url=https://media.blackvue.com/discover-the-latest-blackvue-app-update-enhanced-ui-new-features-and-more/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250911215829/https://media.blackvue.com/discover-the-latest-blackvue-app-update-enhanced-ui-new-features-and-more/ |archive-date=11 Sep 2025}}</ref> announcing that accounts, comprised of email and password registered with BlackVue, will be required to use the app.  The app is required to perform firmware upgrades on the camera, as well as transfer videos without removing the SD card.


Last version of the Android app not requiring this is 3.65, version code 36500.  Version 3.66 and up now requires registration.
Last version of the Android app not requiring this is 3.65, version code 36500.  Version 3.66 and up now requires registration.


The app itself is reported to contain 6 trackers, and requiring 43 permissions including fine permission as analyzed by Exodus Privacy<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exodus Privacy Analysis |url=https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/comb.blackvuec/latest/}}</ref>
The app itself is reported to contain 6 trackers, and requiring 43 permissions including fine permission as analyzed by Exodus Privacy<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exodus Privacy Analysis |url=https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/comb.blackvuec/latest/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250728153313/https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/comb.blackvuec/latest/ |archive-date=28 Jul 2025}}</ref>


==Products==
==Products==

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BlackVue
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Basic information
Founded 2007
Legal Structure Public
Industry Electronics
Also known as
Official website https://blackvue.com/

BlackVue is a dash camera brand owned by Pittasoft Co. Ltd.

Consumer-impact summary

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  • User Freedom
  • User Privacy

Incidents

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Require Registration to Use Cameras (March 13, 2025)

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On March 13, 2025 BlackVue published a blog post[1] announcing that accounts, comprised of email and password registered with BlackVue, will be required to use the app. The app is required to perform firmware upgrades on the camera, as well as transfer videos without removing the SD card.

Last version of the Android app not requiring this is 3.65, version code 36500. Version 3.66 and up now requires registration.

The app itself is reported to contain 6 trackers, and requiring 43 permissions including fine permission as analyzed by Exodus Privacy[2]

Products

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  • DR770X

References

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  1. "Discover the Latest BlackVue App Update: Enhanced UI, New Features, and More". Archived from the original on 11 Sep 2025.
  2. "Exodus Privacy Analysis". Archived from the original on 28 Jul 2025.