Delivery Robot Makers Coco and Serve Face Illinois Biometric Privacy Suits
Sidewalk delivery robot operators Coco Robotics and Serve Robotics have been hit with proposed class actions in Illinois alleging that their robots captured…
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Grok Faces Second Illinois Biometric Privacy Lawsuit Over Photo Processing
Grok’s operators face a second proposed class action in Illinois over alleged collection of facial biometrics from uploaded photographs. Scott Wilson filed the…
Anthropic Faces Illinois Biometric Privacy Claims Over Claude ID Checks
Anthropic faces a proposed class action alleging that its identity-verification process for Claude collected Illinois users’ facial biometrics without the…
Judge Certifies 22,000-Driver Biometric Class Against Union Pacific
A federal judge has certified a class of roughly 22,402 truck drivers who scanned their fingers at Union Pacific gates in Illinois, and refused to grant the…
Appeals Court Affirms Samsung BIPA Dismissal Over On-Device Face Templates
A federal appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of a biometric privacy lawsuit against Samsung, ruling that the plaintiffs did not plausibly allege the…
Walmart Faces Illinois Biometric Suit Over Recorded Call Voiceprints
Walmart has been hit with a proposed class action in Illinois state court alleging that it recorded and captured customers’ voiceprints for fraud-prevention…
Seventh Circuit Rules BIPA Damages Cap Applies Retroactively, Collapsing Class Action Exposure for Hundreds of Pending Cases
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled unanimously that Illinois’s 2024 amendment to the Biometric Information Privacy Act applies…
Illinois Biometric Surveillance Act Draws Backlash as Bill Stalls in Rules
Illinois HB 5521 would ban most police biometric systems while preserving a narrow mobile ID facial-recognition exception as the bill stalls in committee.
Kenvue Agrees to $4.7M BIPA Settlement Over Neutrogena Skin-Scanning App
Kenvue has agreed to a $4.7M BIPA settlement over Neutrogena Skin360’s collection of Illinois users’ facial geometry without consent.
Microsoft Teams Faces Illinois Class Action Over Alleged Voiceprint Collection Without Consent
A proposed class action filed February 5 alleges Microsoft Teams collected and stored biometric voiceprints tied to transcription features without required…