U.S Sens Sanders, Merkley Propose Nation-Wide BIPA Legislation
A pair of U.S. Senators, Jeff Merkley and Bernie Sanders, are proposing a nationwide version of the now famous Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act…
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Texas AG Investigates Facebook Over Biometric Privacy Breach
Axios is reporting that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading an investigation into social media giant Facebook for possible breaches of the Texas…
Facebook Returns with Increased Settlement in BIPA Case
Social media giant Facebook has brought forth an adjusted settlement claim to a U.S. District Court for a lawsuit filed against it earlier this year for…
Trio of Tech Giants the Latest on Receiving End of BIPA Lawsuits
Tech giants Microsoft, Amazon and Google are the subjects of the latest high-profile lawsuits for privacy violations under the Illinois Biometric Information…
Judge Declines to Send Vimeo BIPA Case to Arbitration
New York-based video hosting platform Vimeo lost an appeal in the Northern District of Illinois to have a class-action biometric privacy lawsuit go to…
EU Court Decision Prompts Northern Ireland Police to Delete Biometric Records
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) appears set to begin the ‘real-time’ deletion of its database of drunk drivers’ biometric data following a recent…
ACLU is Latest to Bring Legal Action Against Clearview AI
The Illinois branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI under the…
Court Sends Shutterfly BIPA Suit to Arbitration
A proposed class-action lawsuit filed against photo-sharing service Shutterfly that alleged it had violated the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA) was…
Judge Rejects Google’s Attempt to Have Privacy Lawsuit Dismissed
Google’s attempts to have a class-action lawsuit filed against it dismissed have been refused by a federal judge, who ruled that the tech giant will have to…
Plaintiff in BIPA Lawsuit Against Clearview AI Wants Biometric Data Destroyed
The plaintiff in a lawsuit filed in January against facial recognition company Clearview AI is asking a federal judge for a preliminary injunction requiring…