AWS Seeks Deadline Extension to Answer Illinois BIPA Complaint

Defendant Amazon Web Services seeks an extension to Jan. 16 to answer plaintiff Cynthia Redd’s complaint alleging AWS violates the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, said its unopposed motion Monday (docket 1:22-cv-6779). In the Sept. 1 state court putative class action that AWS removed Friday to U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois in Chicago, Redd alleged Wonolo, an app-based job placement company, used AWS’ cloud-based software service, Rekognition, to verify the identities of Wonolo users who interacted with its app (see 2212050036). By providing the Rekognition service to Wonolo, AWS violated the BIPA by possessing the plaintiff’s biometric data without developing and adhering to a publicly available retention and deletion schedule, said the complaint. AWS said it plans to “defend this matter vigorously.”