Bose has a variety of different popular noise canceling wireless headphone options on the market today.
Some of them cost upwards of $300. And right now the company is being sued by one of its customers over allegations that they spied on the listening habits of the headphone wearers.
According to a recently launched lawsuit, the Bose wireless headphones are able to spy on the customers through an app that tracks the music that they listen to, or podcast or other media material.
By doing this, they allegedly violated the privacy rights of the consumers by selling the information that they had collected; without the permission of the consumer.
The lawsuit has been filed by Kyle Zak in a federal court in Chicago, and they are looking for an injunction in order to stop the company's alleged disregard for tending to the privacy concerns of the consumers who wear the headphones and use the Bose Connect app.
The legal complaint that has been launched against Bose, alleges that they specifically violated the WireTap Act, along with state privacy laws. The complaint filed against the Bose Corporation is demanding a jury trial against Bose.
A spokesperson for Bose has responded in saying that the company fully intends to fight the “inflammatory” and “misleading allegations” about their products.
The specific Bose products listed in the complaint are alleged to be the QuietComfort 35, Sound Sport Pulse Wireless, QuietControl 30, SoundLink Color II, SoundSport Wireless, and SoundLink Around-Ear Wireless Headphones II.
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Sources:
http://www.news.com.au/technology/gadgets/wearables/your-bose-wireless-headphones-could-be-recording-what-youre-listening-to-lawsuit-claims/news-story/58245ec1745a199c3533ff45c01938e4
https://www.wired.com/2016/11/great-now-even-headphones-can-spy/
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bose-headphones-accused-lawsuit-spying-listeners-n748311
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39654085
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bose-lawsuit-idUSKBN17L2BT
https://www.scribd.com/document/345620278/Bose-Privacy-Complaint