RT Journal Article
T1 "The power of the voice”: virtual voice assistants, voice commands and contracting by means of voice
T2 “O poder da voz”: assistentes de voz virtuais, comandos de voz e contratação por meio da voz
A1 Ammerman Yebra, Julia
K1 Voice
K1 Electronic contract
K1 Biometric recognition
K1 Voice virtual assistant
K1 Contractual consent
K1 Privacy policies
AB Voice is a feature that individualizes and identifies us. Also, a voice is a biometric data, which means that once a voice has been processed, its owner can be identified. This allows us to state that the voice can be used as a means to authenticate the signature of an electronic contract. Therefore, biometric voice recognition techniques will make it possible to identify the owner of the voice, who will thus be giving his contractual consent. The issue could become more complicated when not only the “voiceprint” is used as a signature, but also the counterpart is a virtual voice assistant. These assistants, designed to both “answer” and “listen”, should contain strong privacy policies regarding the processing of the voices interacting with them. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the consent given both for electronic contracting by voice and for the processing of these voices by virtual assistants.
PB Facultade de Direito da Universidade do Porto
SN 2182-9845
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/39067
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/39067
LA eng
NO Ammerman Yebra, J. (2022). “The power of the voice”: virtual voice assistants, voice commands and contracting by means of voice. Revista Electrónica de Direito. RED, 29(3), 6-24
DS Minerva
RD 23 abr 2026