April 09, 2020
A Seattle federal judge on Thursday shot down Amazon's bid to arbitrate suits brought by children alleging its Alexa voice-activated speakers violate state privacy laws, saying the children cannot be bound by the arbitration agreement in the conditions of use for a product their parents bought.
September 17, 2019
Amazon has told a Washington federal judge that suits alleging its Alexa voice-activated speakers violate state privacy laws belong in arbitration rather than federal court because of the product's conditions of use.
June 11, 2019
Amazon.com Inc. was hit Tuesday with proposed class actions in California state court and Washington federal court, claiming that its Alexa voice-activated speakers violate state privacy laws by recording and storing children's voices without consent from children or their parents.