2026-08-05T21:10:22.312131Z

Walmart Lawsuit Claims Retailer Illegally Collects Illinois Residents’ Biometric Voiceprints From Phone Calls

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1310927/walmart-lawsuit-claims-retailer-illegally-collects-illinois-residents-biometric-voicepri

www.classaction.org/news/walmart-lawsuit-claims-retailer-illegally-collects-illinois-residents-biometric-voiceprints-from-phone-calls

www.classaction.orgWalmart Lawsuit Claims Retailer Illegally Collects Illinois Residents’ Biometric Voiceprints From Phone CallsA class action lawsuit claims that Walmart collects biometric voiceprints from Illinois consumers without providing disclosures or obtaining consent.

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2026-08-05T21:45:46.081634Z

TIEPilot@TIEPilot@lemmy.world

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Flock and now this, I need a Bane voice changer asap…

2026-08-05T22:08:20Z

Maeve@Maeve@kbin.earth

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This is a serious issue for all businesses who say your call "may" (will) be recorded for training and quality purposes (covering in case of lawsuit). These should be illegal without consent, and deleted within n months.

2026-08-05T23:11:21Z

SolacefromSilence@SolacefromSilence@fedia.io

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The more identifying data they have about you.

Is now more data that's stolen and used against you.

2026-08-06T12:59:38.296472Z

roofuskit@roofuskit@lemmy.world

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Ooooo, Walmart about to get BIPA’d just ask Google and Facebook, that shit is gonna hurt.