A new lawsuit filed in Illinois federal court is shining a spotlight on the legal risks tied to AI-powered meeting assistants that offer transcription and speaker identification services on platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams. The complaint, brought by Illinois resident Katelin Cruz, alleges that California-based tech company Fireflies.AI Corp. is illegally harvesting and storing
When AI Notetakers Take the Stand: The Legal Risks Lurking in Your Virtual Meetings
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Data Privacy
As platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet have cemented themselves as the backbone of modern collaboration, a quiet revolution has unfolded in our meeting rooms, one where digital notetakers often outnumber the people actually present. Tools like fireflies.ai and Otter.ai promise the magic of effortless, automated meeting transcription. But as reliance on these…
Notetaker App in Litigation Crosshairs
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Artificial Intelligence
On August 15, 2025, notetaker app Otter.ai, Inc. was named a defendant in litigation alleging that its artificial intelligence-powered meeting assistant called Otter Notetaker, which “engages in real-time transcription of Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams meetings for Otter accountholders and other users…records, accesses and records the contents of private conversations between Otter accountholders who…
The Effect of a Biden-Harris Presidency on Privacy in the U.S.
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Data Privacy
How will a Biden-Harris presidency affect the U.S. privacy landscape? Let’s take a look.
Federal Privacy Legislation
On both sides of the political aisle there have been draft proposals in the last 18 months on federal privacy legislation. In September, movement actually happened on federal privacy legislation with the U.S. Setting an American Framework to…
Transitioning from On-Site Audits to Zoom/Teams Audits
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity
Auditors have to continue doing their job of auditing, but with the pandemic, audits now are rarely on-site. Many auditing firms are using remote technology to conduct audits, and companies are either forwarding files electronically, using cloud-based portals or meeting with their auditors over technology meeting platforms such as Zoom and/or teams.
There are risks…
Hackers Spoofing Zoom to Obtain Credentials and Passwords
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in New + Now
After incidents of Zoom “bombing,” including a recent intrusion by hackers to disrupt a church service with foul content (don’t these guys have better things to do?), it has been reported that hackers are now taking advantage of the surge in the use of Zoom for videoconferencing to spoof Zoom invites to try to obtain…