1. A method for the automated collection of data comprising: monitoring, via one or more processors, the location of a vehicle to determine whether the vehicle has entered a geofenced area, wherein (1) data associated with the vehicle is collected while the vehicle is operated outside the geofenced area and (2) the data is selected from the group consisting of (a) image data collected via one or more imaging devices disposed on the vehicle and (b) telematics data collected via one or more data collection devices disposed on the vehicle; and after determining that the vehicle has entered the geofenced area, automatically stopping, via the one or more processors, the collection of the data while the vehicle is operated within the geofenced area.