Microsoft hit with IL biometric class action over Teams call transcriptions

Microsoft has been hit with a class action lawsuit under Illinois’ stringent biometrics privacy law, potentially worth many millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, accusing the company of improperly recording users’ voices when they are using the companies Teams videoconferencing app.

Attorneys from the firms of Byrnes Keller Cromwell, of Seattle; Levin Law, of Miami; and Labaton Keller Sucharow, of New York, filed the lawsuit in Seattle federal court.

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of named plaintiffs Alex Basich, Kristin Bondlow, Marquis Boyce, Jessica Brewer and Jamari Brown, all identified as Illinois residents. However, the plaintiffs said they are seeking to expand the action to potentially include “many thousands or tens of thousands” of others who have videoconferenced on Microsoft Teams.

The lawsuit specifically takes aim at Mi...