BASF Sues Apple Over Seven trinamiX Patents Behind Face ID Anti-Spoofing
The German chemical group BASF has sued Apple over Face ID, asserting seven patents held by its trinamiX sensing unit in the US District Court in Midland,…
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Utah Agrees Not to Enforce Its VPN Age-Verification Law While Court Weighs Injunction
Utah will not enforce the first US law to write virtual private networks into an age-verification regime, after the state Department of Commerce and the owner…
Apple Asks Judge to End Photos Faceprint Class Action, Citing Samsung Ruling
Apple has asked an Illinois federal judge to rule in its favour in the class action over faceprints in the Photos app, citing an appeals court decision issued…
Meta Settlement Puts Age Assurance and Under-13 Removal Under an Independent Auditor
Meta must run what California calls robust age assurance to detect users under 18, identify and remove children under 13, and open those practices to an…
BC Appeal Court Upholds Refusal to Certify Mall Biometric Class Action
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by shoppers who say Cadillac Fairview collected their biometric data through cameras built into…
Wrongly Arrested Casino Guest Seeks Names of 168 Others Flagged by Facial Recognition
A Nevada truck driver arrested after a casino facial recognition system misidentified him has asked a federal judge to order the City of Reno to hand over…
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…
Amazon Named Defendant in St. Louis Rekognition False-Arrest Suit
Amazon Web Services has been added as a defendant in a lawsuit over the wrongful arrest of a St. Louis man who spent roughly two years in county jail after […]
Musicians File Class Actions Against Suno, Udio, and Google Over Voiceprint Extraction
A group of independent musicians has filed proposed class-action lawsuits against Suno Inc., Uncharted Labs Inc.’s Udio, and Google LLC, alleging the companies…
Florida Firm Sues US Government, Alleging DHS and ICE Biometric Surveillance Tools Infringe Five Patents
A Florida technology company has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that facial recognition, iris scanning, drone surveillance, and license plate reading tools…