Flowers v. Microsoft privacy case

US District Court, Northern District of Illinois · 1:26-cv-05491 · filed May 12, 2026 · Active

Alleges Microsoft's Copilot and other voice products captured users' biometric voiceprints without BIPA consent.

The case

1 dated entry

Date	Entry	Type	Source
May 12	Filing: Complaint filed: Flowers v. Microsoft Corporation	Filing	Link

When	Case	Kind	Status	Filed
Oct 5Status Conference tentatively in 10dnext date	In re Consumer Vehicle Driving Data Tracking LitigationStatus Conference tentativelyActivePrivacyN.D. Ga.	Privacy	Active	Jun 7, 2024
Oct 6Next Case Management Conference in 11dnext date	In re Meta Pixel Healthcare LitigationNext Case Management ConferenceActivePrivacyN.D. Cal.	Privacy	Active	Jun 17, 2022
Oct 14An in-person status hearing is in 19dnext date	In re Clearview AI Consumer Privacy LitigationAn in-person status hearing isSettledPrivacyN.D. Ill.23% equity stake in Clearview AI	Privacy	Settled	Jan 8, 2021
Apr 19, 2027Jury Trial in 7monext date	United States v. Cerebral (health data for ads)Jury TrialSettledPrivacyS.D. Fla.$7 million	Privacy	Settled	Apr 12, 2024
Sep 16Filed 9d agofiled	Times Publishing Co. v. Microsoft and OpenAIActiveCopyrightS.D. N.Y.	Copyright	Active	Sep 16
Aug 31Filed 25d agofiled	Isbell v. SunoActivePrivacyD. Mass.	Privacy	Active	Aug 31
Aug 21Filed 35d agofiled	Dutch DPA fine: Uber, automated driver deactivationDecidedPrivacyDutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens)EUR 824,990,000	Privacy	Decided	Aug 21
Jun 25Filed 92d agofiled	EU Commission: AWS and Azure DMA cloud investigationActiveAntitrustEuropean Commission	Antitrust	Active	Jun 25

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Flowers v. Microsoft Corporation