Amazon Reaches Confidential Settlement in Biometric-Privacy Suit

Amazon.com Inc. and its cloud-computing unit, Amazon Web Services Inc., reached a confidential settlement with a consumer alleging they illegally collected his facial geometry while he played the NBA 2K video game.

The company and lead plaintiff Dominic Mayhall filed a joint stipulated motion of dismissal Wednesday with the US District Court for the Western District of Washington.

• Mayhall alleged in the proposed class action that AWS failed to obtain his consent before collecting his biometric information, illegally profited from his data, and violated other Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act provisions
• The suit targeted a game feature allowing the creation ...