BIPA AI
AI is learning your voice. That’s not a metaphor. It’s a business model.
Voice-enabled AI is everywhere: meeting transcription tools, “speaker recognition,” customer-service voice bots, voice authentication, call analytics, and voice-cloning products. These systems don’t just record what you say. Many of them analyze how you say it, including your unique vocal characteristics, and convert them into a biometric identifier that can be used to recognize or imitate you.
That’s a big deal, because your voiceprint isn’t like a password. You can’t “reset” it. Once your biometric voice data is captured, shared, or exposed, the risk can follow you for years.
This is the moment to draw a line. If people stay silent, AI companies will normalize a world where your voice becomes free fuel—captured in the background, retained indefinitely, and monetized without your permission. If we act now, we can force companies to respect biometric privacy: clear notice, written consent, limited retention, and real accountability.
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At a Glance
Who is affected?
Illinois residents and anyone whose voice was captured or analyzed while in Illinois, including:
- Creators, broadcasters, podcasters, and voice talent whose recorded voice was ingested into AI models designed to recognize or replicate voices.
- People whose voices were recorded on Zoom/Teams/Google Meet calls where an AI notetaker or transcription bot joined.
Customers who called a company using voice AI, voice authentication, or automated ordering.
Employees or job applicants recorded through workplace tools that analyze voice or identify speakers.
What it’s about
Loevy + Loevy is investigating potential class-action and individual claims under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) involving AI products and platforms that may collect, store, use, or share voiceprints (biometric identifiers) without the required disclosures, written consent, and retention safeguards.
These cases can involve companies across the AI stack, from the end-user app to vendors that provide voice-recognition models, “speaker ID” features, and infrastructure.
Current stage
Investigation / intake. We are gathering information from people affected by voiceprint collection in AI contexts and evaluating claims against companies that may have failed to follow BIPA’s requirements.
Your rights
If a company collected or used your voiceprint without the required safeguards, you may be able to seek:
Statutory (liquidated) damages under Illinois law.
Court orders requiring the company to stop unlawfully collecting voiceprints and to delete biometric data it never should have collected.
Cost
Nothing up front. We advance the costs. We only get paid if we win or obtain a settlement.
How you can protect your voiceprint privacy
If you’ve uploaded videos to YouTube or other social networks, have been on recorded calls or video meetings, assume your voice could have been processed, even if you never downloaded an AI app, never clicked “I agree,” and never created an account.
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FAQs
What is a “voiceprint”?
A voiceprint is a biometric identifier derived from unique vocal characteristics that can be used to recognize or verify someone by voice. It’s different from simply recording audio.
Is speech-to-text the same as collecting a voiceprint?
Not always. Some tools transcribe words without creating a biometric identifier. Others use “speaker recognition,” voice authentication, or similar features that may rely on biometric voice analysis.
Do I have to live in Illinois?
BIPA is an Illinois law. Many cases focus on Illinois residents or on voiceprint collection occurring in Illinois. We can evaluate your situation based on where you were and what happened.
Can I stay anonymous?
Only lead plaintiffs are named. Most class members stay confidential.
How much could I receive?
Depending on the facts and the applicable law, recovery may include statutory damages, attorneys’ fees and costs, and court orders requiring deletion and changes to the company’s practices.
What will it cost me to join?
Nothing up front. Loevy + Loevy advances every expense and collects a fee only if we win money or court-ordered relief for the class.
What proofs should I keep?
Keep anything that helps show what tool was used and when—where your videos or audio is posted online, meeting invites, transcripts, recordings, app screenshots, consent screens, privacy policies, workplace policies, and any emails referencing transcription or “speaker recognition.”