Amazon Web Services Inc. violated an Illinois privacy statute by not having a publicly available policy for retaining and destroying biometric data, a new lawsuit alleges.
The cloud computing subsidiary for Amazon.com Inc. also failed to inform plaintiff Martin Ragsdale how long it would retain his biometric data and failed to obtain his informed, written consent before obtaining and storing it, he alleged in a Nov. 15 putative class complaint.
The lawsuit, filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, highlights the risks that companies, including third parties, can face when collecting and storing biometric information and identifiers under ...
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