Google Settles BIPA Lawsuit for $100 Million
Google is the latest tech giant to reach a settlement in a BIPA case. The company was facing a class action lawsuit that originated with the Face Grouping…
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Estée Lauder Draws BIPA Lawsuit for Virtual Make-up Tool
Estée Lauder is the latest company to get caught in the crosshairs of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The cosmetics giant is now staring…
Clearview AI Reaches Settlement in ACLU’s BIPA Lawsuit
Clearview AI is on the verge of wrapping up one of its lawsuits in Illinois. The ACLU filed the suit back in May of 2020, alleging that the company’s practice…
Judge Rules Insurance Company Is on the Hook in BIPA Class Action Lawsuit
Citizens Insurance Co of America has been roped into a pair of class action lawsuits that originate with Clearview AI. One of the lawsuits alleges that…
Court Allows Non-Facebook Users to Proceed with BIPA Lawsuit Against Meta
$650 million was not enough to resolve all of Meta’s legal problems in Illinois. That record-breaking 2020 settlement stemmed from a lawsuit that alleged that…
Getty Images Will Now Ask Models to Sign Release Form for Biometric Data
Getty Images is updating its model release forms for a biometric era. In that regard, the company noted that biometric data (and facial data in particular) is…
Illinois Supreme Court to Face Statute of Limitations Decision on BIPA
Illinois businesses are continuing to search for ways to get around the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). BIPA has now been in effect for seven…
Amazon’s Employee Health Checks Lead to BIPA Lawsuit
Amazon is headed back to court in Illinois. A District Judge in Chicago has opted not to throw out a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges that the tech…
Judges Define Statute of Limitations for BIPA Lawsuits
The Illinois First District Appellate Court has issued a ruling that sets clearer guidelines for those filing a civil suit under the Biometric Information…
Plaintiff Abandons BIPA Lawsuit Against Chicago Blackhawks
An Illinois resident has voluntarily withdrawn his facial recognition lawsuit against the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team. Plaintiff James Allen had alleged…