Otter.ai Inc’s automated transcription tool for Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams meetings violates federal and California wiretap law by failing to get sufficient consent from conversation members, a suit alleges.
California resident Justin Brewer’s complaint contends Otter participates in meetings as a third party to record conversations it otherwise isn’t a part of, and is inconsistent with how it obtains consent to conduct real time transcriptions. His complaint, filed at the US District Court for the Northern District of California seeks a court order barring the company from engaging in what Brewer calls wrongful, unfair and unconscionable conduct.
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