An Illinois man is suing headphone giant Bose for allegedly collecting and sharing its users’ listening data in secret.
Fortune first reported on the lawsuit.
A man named Kyle Zak filed the complaint in federal court in Chicago on Tuesday night. At the center of the lawsuit is Bose’s Connect app, which is marketed as an optional companion to a handful of the headphone maker’s newer headphones and speakers, including its acclaimed QuietComfort 35 noise-cancelling headphones.
Bose says the Connect app is meant to adjust noise-cancellation, more quickly manage connected audio devices, and view other settings.
Zak alleges that Bose collected the titles and general info for every song, podcast, or other audio file he listened to when paired with the app, then transmitted that data to “third parties.” The lawsuit specifically mentions Segment, a Bay Area software company that collects customer data and helps route it for analytics and marketing firms, as one alleged recipient of the information claimed to be taken by the Connect app.
Source:
http://www.businessinsider.com/bose-lawsuit-alleged-spy-headphone-users-app-2017-4
