iProov Denies Patent Breach Allegations, Launches Countersuit
Three and a half months after FaceTec’s announcement of a patent infringement lawsuit against iProov, the latter has formally responded, and launched a…
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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…
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…
FaceTec Sues iProov Over Alleged Biometric Technology Patent Infringement
FaceTec has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against iProov, another tech firm focused on selfie-based biometric identity verification. FaceTec’s…
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…
California Activists Sue Clearview for Violating Local Facial Recognition Bans
Clearview AI has been hit with another lawsuit in the United States. This time around, the company has drawn the ire of the immigrant rights groups Mijente and…
Australian Patent Troll Takes Aim at Apple Biometrics
An Australian patent holding company is seeking damages in a sweeping patent infringement lawsuit filed against Apple. The allegations specifically concern…
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…