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Carpenter v. McDonald's Corporation
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July 17, 2023
McDonald's Customer Voluntarily Drops AI Voiceprint Suit
A McDonald's customer has agreed to drop his proposed class action alleging the fast-food chain unlawfully collected voice data via artificial intelligence assistants at drive-thru windows, according to a joint stipulation of dismissal filed in Illinois federal court.
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April 18, 2023
McDonald's Pushes For Early Win In AI Voiceprint Suit
McDonald's has asked an Illinois federal judge to hand it a win in a proposed class action alleging the burger chain unlawfully collected voice data via artificial-intelligence assistants at its drive-thru windows, arguing that its software only recognizes speech and not individual speakers.
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March 22, 2023
Customer Says McD's Has No Reason To Block Data In AI Suit
McDonald's doesn't deserve a protective order for customer transaction data sought in a proposed class action because the information will only be shared with parties that already have access to it, a man suing the chain for alleged violations of Illinois' privacy law told a federal court.
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March 17, 2023
McDonald's Asks To Bar Info Disclosure In Voiceprint Suit
McDonald's has urged an Illinois federal judge to forbid a customer from disclosing to third parties confidential consumer information in his suit claiming the fast food chain unlawfully collected voice data used by drive-thru assistants to take food orders.
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November 23, 2021
McDonald's Customer Says Voiceprint Claims Should Proceed
A McDonald's customer has argued that an Illinois federal judge shouldn't dismiss claims that the company unlawfully collected and disclosed voice data that customers unknowingly provided to its drive-thru assistants because the state's biometric privacy law aims to safeguard precisely that type of information.
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November 03, 2021
McDonald's Must Split Defense Of Drive-Thru Privacy Suit
An Illinois federal judge has granted a McDonald's customer's request to send half of his biometric privacy lawsuit over allegedly unlawful voiceprint collections back to state court, saying his public disclosure and unlawful profiting claims lack standing.
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June 28, 2021
McDonald's Says Drive-Thru Privacy Suit Is A No-Go
McDonald's has urged an Illinois federal court to toss claims that the burger giant collects customer voice data at drive-thrus in violation of the state Biometric Information Privacy Act, arguing that it doesn't use biometric identifiers and there's no evidence such collections take place.
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June 04, 2021
$5M BIPA Suit Against McDonald's Goes To Federal Court
A proposed $5 million class action accusing McDonald's of violating Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act by storing customers' voiceprints without their permission has landed in federal court, with the fast-food giant denying liability and saying it owes no statutory damages.