Amazon is facing a class action lawsuit in federal court over claims that its Ring doorbell cameras used facial recognition technology to scan, identify, and store people’s faces without their consent.The complaint was filed on June 1 by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt in federal court in Seattle, where Amazon has... Read More » Pokémon Faces Class Action Over Former Director’s Alleged Bathroom Recordings The Pokémon Company International and its former director of engineering are facing a proposed class action alleging the company failed to protect women and girls from hidden cameras placed inside bathrooms at its Bellevue, Washington, headquarters. The lawsuit was filed in King County Superior Court by an anonymous woman and names former Pokémon executive Ben Tsai as a defendant. It alleges Tsai secretly recorded employees, children and visitors while they used bathrooms inside the company’s offices. The complaint seeks to represent all women and girls who used the Bellevue bathroom facilities between 2017 and July 25, 2026. The proposed class period extends beyond Tsai’s employment with the company, which ended in January 2026. Filing a proposed class action does not automatically allow one person to represent everyone described in the complaint. The court must first determine whether the claims meet Washington’s requirements for class treatment, including whether the proposed members share sufficiently similar legal and factual issues. The lawsuit accuses Tsai of violating Washington’s Law Against Discrimination by allegedly targeting women and girls because of their sex. It also brings negligence claims against The Pokémon Company International. The complaint claims the company failed to properly train, monitor, or control Tsai and did not take reasonable steps to protect people using its facilities despite alleged warning signs. A negligence claim generally requires proof that a company failed to take reasonable steps to prevent a foreseeable risk of harm.