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美国牙科巨头与AI公司被控非法监听患者通话,面临集体诉讼

 
Issuing time:2025-07-15 15:01Author:编辑部
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*图源:Heartland Dental官网

好的牙·讯|近日,美国最大的牙科服务组织(DSO)之一Heartland Dental及其合作的云端通信服务商RingCentral,因涉嫌在患者不知情的情况下通过人工智能(AI)技术实时监听和分析患者与牙科诊所的通话,在伊利诺伊州北区联邦法院面临集体诉讼。

*图源:伊利诺伊州北区联邦法院官网
*图源:伊利诺伊州北区联邦法院官网

根据提交的诉讼文件,Heartland Dental为全美超过1700家合作牙科诊所提供非临床支持服务,包括计费、保险、人员配置和营销等方面。

诉讼指出,Heartland将其合作诊所的电话系统升级为由RingCentral提供的“RingEx”平台,该平台整合了RingCentral的AI产品功能。

*图源:RingCentral官网
*图源:RingCentral官网

诉状详细描述了RingCentral AI的工作方式:在通话过程中,该系统实时进行语音转录、生成通话摘要、标记通话重点内容,并对通话者情绪进行人工智能分析。Heartland副总裁Jeremy Stroud曾公开说明,该AI应用程序会“实时审查所有接入合作诊所的电话”,并特别标记潜在的新患者未预约成功通话,以便客服人员回拨。

原告指控,患者在致电当地牙科诊所(如原告联系的Tru Family Dental连锁诊所)时,并未被告知第三方公司RingCentral正在监听通话内容并进行AI分析。诉状强调,这些通话涉及个人健康信息,包括患者姓名、联系方式、医疗咨询及支付事项等敏感内容。

诉状援引《联邦窃听法》提出核心指控:Heartland允许或促使RingCentral在未经同意的情况下“拦截”患者与其医疗提供者的有线/口头通信。同时指控RingCentral不仅代表Heartland监听分析通话,还利用患者通话数据训练自身AI模型并开发产品,违反了服务协议中的数据处理条款。

首席原告Megan Lisota表示,她在过去两年多次致电诊所预约时,从未被告知通话正被第三方AI系统分析,也未签署任何同意书。集体诉讼拟涵盖所有“曾与Heartland Dental或其管理诊所通过RingCentral系统处理通话的美国居民”,预估成员达数千人。

原告方要求法院确认集体诉讼资格,判决被告违反《联邦窃听法》,颁布禁令禁止继续违规行为,并寻求法定赔偿(按每名集体成员每天100美元或每次违规1万美元的高者计算)及追缴被告违法所得。

本案案号为25-cv-7518,目前处于起诉阶段,被告方尚未提交答辩。法院将对指控进行审理。

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