Wilcosky v. Amazon.Com, Inc. et al

  1. November 19, 2025

    Amazon Alexa Users Win Cert. Of 1.2M-Member BIPA Class

    An Illinois federal judge has certified a class of roughly 1.2 million users of Amazon's Alexa in litigation accusing the e-commerce giant of unlawfully collecting their biometric voice data, allowing two people to serve as representatives for those in the state for whom Amazon allegedly created voiceprints.

  2. January 01, 2024

    Illinois Cases To Watch In 2024

    One of the biggest players in Illinois politics faces a criminal racketeering trial, a host of lawsuits filed under a decades-old genetic information privacy law will advance and the state's high court is expected to further weigh in on insurance coverage for litigation under the state's biometric privacy statute in some of the Illinois cases to watch in 2024.

  3. November 01, 2023

    Judge Allows BIPA Suit Targeting Amazon's Alexa To Proceed

    A group of Amazon Alexa users can press forward with allegations that the device's voice identification technology unlawfully collects and handles their biometric voice data, even though some of their claims are relatively thin, an Illinois federal judge said Monday.

  4. July 29, 2022

    Amazon Alexa Users Fight To Keep Biometric Data Suit Alive

    A group of Amazon customers accusing the retail giant of capturing and storing their personal biometric data through its Alexa voice-activated assistant urged a Chicago federal court on Thursday to retain their suit, saying Amazon has already admitted its software can help identify individual users.

  5. February 05, 2021

    Ill. Judge Sends Amazon Voiceprint Claims To Arbitration

    An Illinois federal judge on Friday granted Amazon's bid to send two customers' biometric privacy claims over the company's Alexa device to arbitration but said he needs more information before he can decide whether to treat a minor's claim the same way.