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Amazon opposes Alexa users' motion for class certification in US privacy suit

( October 7, 2024, 21:36 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Amazon.com opposed class certification in a case filed by Alexa voice-assistant users over alleged wiretapping, saying individualized factual questions overwhelm common legal questions and prevent plaintiffs from proving liability on a class-wide basis. “Plaintiffs seek to represent tens of millions of unidentifiable people who might have been recorded by Amazon’s Alexa service, perhaps without their knowledge and consent, maybe when they did not intend to activate Alexa, and possibly to their unspecified detriment. But plaintiffs offer no feasible way to address the litany of critical individual questions their liability theories present,” it said. See document below. ...

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