Incident #1651
Fireflies.AI Meeting Assistant Allegedly Collected Biometric Voice Data from Illinois Meeting Participant Without Consent
Description
On November 18, 2025, Fireflies.AI reportedly recorded and analyzed the voice of Illinois resident Katelin Cruz during a virtual meeting hosted by Western Illinois Dreamers, although Cruz had no Fireflies account and had not provided written consent. Her lawsuit alleges the system used speaker-recognition functions to create and retain biometric voice data and attribute statements to her in the meeting transcript.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- western-illinois-dreamers
- organizations
- ai-transcription-tool-users
Alleged Developers
- fireflies.ai
- ai-transcription-technology-developers
Harmed Parties
- privacy
- people-recorded-without-consent
- katelin-cruz
- biometric-data-subjects