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Amazon Flex privacy class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: Rodneka Perry filed a class action lawsuit against Amazon Logistics Inc.
- Why: Perry claims Amazon violates biometric privacy law in Illinois with the way it collects, stores and disseminates biometric identifiers obtained from its Amazon Flex users.
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Chancery Division.
Amazon fails to obtain the required informed consent before collecting, storing and disseminating biometric identifiers obtained from its Amazon Flex users, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiff Rodneka Perry claims Amazon requires Flex users to have their facial geometry collected and stored.
Perry argues Amazon uses its Rekognition image-recognition technology to capture Amazon Flex users’ image data but fails to make clear how long it retains the biometric identifiers and information.
“Notwithstanding the clear and unequivocal requirements of the law, Amazon knowingly disregards Plaintiff’s and other similarly situated users’ statutorily protected privacy rights,” the Amazon class action states.
Perry wants to represent an Illinois class of Amazon Flex users who had their facial geometry scans or any other biometric information, collected, captured, received or otherwise obtained, maintained, stored, used, disclosed or disseminated by Amazon.
Amazon violates Illinois Biometric Privacy Act, class action says
Perry claims Amazon violates the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by failing to follow its guidelines for collecting and sharing biometric information.
“BIPA prohibits private entities from disclosing a person’s or customer’s biometric identifier or biometric information without first obtaining consent for such disclosure,” the Amazon class action states.
Perry demands a jury trial and requests declaratory and injunctive relief along with an award of statutory damages for herself and all class members.
In related news, a consumer filed a similar class action lawsuit against Amazon, arguing the company’s cloud-computing subsidiary violated biometric privacy law in the way it allegedly collected and shared facial feature vectors from individuals who uploaded them to the NBA 2K video game.
If your biometrics were collected in Illinois without consent, you may qualify to participate in a BIPA class action lawsuit investigation.
The plaintiffs are represented by Ryan Stephan, Catherine Mitchell and Mohammed Rathur of Stephan Zouras LLP.
The Amazon Flex privacy class action lawsuit is Perry, et al. v. Amazon Logistics Inc., et al., Case No. 2023-CH-03680, in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Chancery Division.
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