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Flowers v. Microsoft privacy case

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Flowers

v.

Defendants

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

The case

Court
US District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Docket
1:26-cv-05491
Filed
May 12, 2026
Status
Active

History

1 dated entry
FilingMay 12 · 6mo agoComplaint filed: Flowers v. Microsoft CorporationSource
PrivacySettledApr 19, 2027 · in 5moUnited States sued v. Cerebral (health data for ads)The FTC alleged the telehealth firm shared sensitive health data with third parties for advertising, failed to secure it and made cancellation difficult.$7 millionJury trialS.D. Fla.filed Apr 2024PrivacyActiveUnverifiedfiled Sep 2026Irish Data Protection Commission: GoogleThe Irish Data Protection Commission fines Google 403 000 000 EUR following Inquiry into Google’s processing of location dataIrish DPCCopyrightActivefiled Sep 2026Times Publishing Co. sued v. Microsoft and OpenAITimes Publishing Company alleges Microsoft and OpenAI used its newspaper content without a license to train and run AI products.S.D. N.Y.PrivacyActivefiled Aug 2026Isbell sued v. SunoRecording artists including Jason Isbell and David Lowery allege Suno's generator reproduces their voices, names and likenesses without consent, pleading BIPA and state right-of-publicity claims.D. Mass.PrivacyDecidedfiled Aug 2026Dutch DPA fine: Uber, automated driver deactivationThe Dutch DPA, working with the CNIL on a French drivers' complaint, found Uber used fully automated decisions to temporarily or permanently deactivate drivers over suspected fraud or low ratings and did not properly inform them.EUR 824,990,000Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens)AntitrustActivefiled Jun 2026EU Commission: AWS and Azure DMA cloud investigationThe Commission told Amazon and Microsoft it preliminarily considers AWS and Azure should be designated as gatekeeper cloud services despite not meeting the DMA's quantitative thresholds.European CommissionCopyrightActivefiled Jun 2026Richner Communications sued v. MicrosoftThirty-five local and regional newspaper publishers representing about 400 outlets allege Microsoft and OpenAI copied their journalism to build AI products.S.D. N.Y.PrivacyActivefiled May 2026Texas AG acted against v. Meta and WhatsApp: encryption claimsTexas sued Meta and WhatsApp alleging they misled users about end-to-end encryption and the privacy of WhatsApp messages.Texas Attorney General
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