Proposed Legislation Aims to Curb ‘Cottage Industry’ of BIPA Lawsuits
Illinois legislators are considering revisions to the Biometric Information Privacy Act that are aimed at lessening its impact on smaller businesses. As The…
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Facebook Weighs Privacy Risks of Facial Recognition for Smart Glasses
According to a recent story from BuzzFeed News, social media giant Facebook is looking into the possibility of adding facial recognition capabilities to its…
TikTok Reaches $92 Million Settlement in BIPA Lawsuit
A group of plaintiffs have reached a preliminary settlement in a class action lawsuit against TikTok. The lawsuit was initially filed in May of 2020, and…
Exposing.AI Can Tell You If Your Flickr Pic Was Used to Train Biometric AI
There’s a new online service that is designed to help people become aware of whether or not their Flickr photos have been used to train any facial recognition…
Making Sense of 2020’s Turbulence: This Week’s Top Biometrics Stories
There’s quite a bit of turbulence in this week’s roundup of FindBiometrics’ most popular stories, thanks COVID-related disruption and a big development from…
COVID Looms Large in This Week’s Top Biometrics Stories Roundup
Many countries around the world have reached a particularly grim stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, so perhaps it’s no surprise that COVID-related stories…
Walmart Reaches $10M Settlement with Employees in Class Action BIPA Lawsuit
Walmart has reached a $10 million settlement with employees in a class action lawsuit in Illinois. The lawsuit was filed in 2019, and alleged that the retail…
Judge Rejects Defendant’s Argument that Illinois Biometric Privacy Law Violates State Constitution
Another lawsuit filed under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act has been cleared to proceed in a federal court, albeit with one claim dismissed without…
Facebook’s Biometric Privacy Settlement Claimed by a Quarter of Those Eligible
“Illinois’s BIPA legislation requires company’s to obtain explicit, informed consent from individuals before using their biometrics – something Facebook did…
Illinois Residents Have Until Monday to Claim Share Facebook Biometric Privacy Settlement
The deadline is fast approaching for Illinois residents who want to claim their share of the $650 million payout in Facebook’s landmark class-action lawsuit.…