Judge Certifies Alexa Voice ID Biometric Data Class Suit, Excludes Named Plaintiff

( December 4, 2025, 10:53 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — A named plaintiff who signed up for Amazon.com Inc.’s Voice ID program after the filing of a suit would be subject to unique defenses that render him unfit to be a class representative, a federal judge in Illinois said while certifying claims that the company violated Illinois law by collecting certain biometric data through its Alexa artificial intelligence system....