Biometric privacy claim against Pindrop and Amazon dismissed for lack of jurisdiction
Amazon and Pindrop did not violate biometric privacy law in Illinois by capturing data for voice recognition from people when…
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Amazon and Microsoft move for dismissal of biometric privacy suit, arguing no jurisdiction for training data
Illinois’ biometric privacy law does not apply to conduct out of state and therefore suits against Amazon and Microsoft over…
Amazon Alexa voice biometrics privacy lawsuit judge rules terms of service do not force arbitration
A federal judge has ruled that a biometric privacy lawsuit against Amazon over children’s voice recordings does not need to…
Amazon argues Alexa terms of service undercut biometric privacy claims as BIPA defenses considered
The terms of service provided by Amazon for its voice assistant Alexa specify the company’s policies for use and storage…
Amazon hit by Illinois biometric data privacy suit for Alexa recordings
A new class action law suit has been filed against Amazon under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act for recording the…
Emotion and accent voice recognition capabilities patented by Amazon concern privacy experts
A recent patent issued to Amazon which would allow Alexa to recognize a range of user characteristics, including accent and…
ITIF calls for constructive conversation on facial recognition in response to privacy groups’ Amazon letter
The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) has responded to an open letter sent by privacy advocacy groups to Amazon,…
Privacy groups call on Amazon to stop marketing facial recognition technology to police
Privacy activists including the American Civil Liberties Union are asking Amazon to stop marketing its Rekognition technology to police, out…
Google files for biometric privacy suit dismissal, FaceFirst response extension granted in similar case
Google has filed a pair of motions, seeking a stay or the dismissal of a biometric privacy lawsuit against it…
Six of eight claims in IBM biometric data privacy suit upheld as dismissal rejected
Two items of a motion to dismiss a biometric data privacy lawsuit by IBM have been granted, though a federal…
