AWS Beats One Claim in BIPA Voiceprint Case as Judge Questions Frivolity
A federal judge in Delaware has dismissed one claim in a biometric privacy lawsuit against Amazon Web Services for the second time. The dismissed claim alleged…
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Philadelphia Law Firm Launches Biometric Privacy Team
The Philadelphia law firm Blank Rome has formed a new team that will focus exclusively on biometric privacy issues. The team will consist of seven lawyers,…
Facebook Biometric Privacy Case Settlement Do-over Gets Preliminary Approval
Social media giant Facebook has received preliminary approval from a California federal court to settle its Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)…
Judge Freezes Facebook’s BIPA Settlement, Suggesting Too Much Lenience
A $550 million dollar settlement negotiated by Facebook has been put on hold by U.S. District Judge James Donato until lawyers explain to him why the amount is…
Judge Declines to Send Vimeo BIPA Case to Arbitration
New York-based video hosting platform Vimeo lost an appeal in the Northern District of Illinois to have a class-action biometric privacy lawsuit go to…
EU Court Decision Prompts Northern Ireland Police to Delete Biometric Records
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) appears set to begin the ‘real-time’ deletion of its database of drunk drivers’ biometric data following a recent…
Court Sends Shutterfly BIPA Suit to Arbitration
A proposed class-action lawsuit filed against photo-sharing service Shutterfly that alleged it had violated the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA) was…
ACLU Sues Government Agencies Over Use of Facial Recognition at Airports
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing the United States government over its use of facial recognition technology at airports across the country.…
Facebook Settles BIPA Lawsuit for $550 Million
Three Illinois law firms have reached a record-breaking settlement with Facebook in a class-action lawsuit that concerns the tech giant’s alleged violations of…
Latest Biometrics Lawsuit Brings BIPA’s Most Notorious Perp Yet
“BIPA has netted a growing number of these kinds of lawsuits in recent years, based on the simple legal premise that informed consent must be obtained from an…