In The News Today- February 8, 2021
Ill. Federal Judge Sends Amazon Data Privacy Claims To Arbitration: On Friday, an Illinois federal judge granted Amazon’s bid to send two customers’ biometric privacy claims over the company’s Alexa device to arbitration. U.S. District Judge Franklin Valderrama said Amazon.com Inc. customers are required by Amazon’s conditions of use to arbitrate accusations that Alexa collects, stores and uses their voiceprints in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. (Law 360)