Google’s down $100M, BIPA plaintiffs see a fraction, lawyers will swim in the money
A biometric-privacy class action boasting a number of superlatives in Illinois is finally drawing to a close. A court administrator…
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Google hit with new biometric data privacy class action under BIPA
On the heels of a proposed $550 million settlement that Facebook recently agreed to settle lawsuits under the controversial Illinois…
Google lobbies to change BIPA
Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc., is lobbying to roll back photo provisions in Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), according…
FaceTec beats BIPA accusations
FaceTec has been quietly dropped from allegations of wrongdoing under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act, in recognition of its role…
Google bashes Texas biometric law while another state proposes its own
Nothing is getting easier on the legal front for companies in the United States collecting the biometric identifiers. A lawsuit…
Facebook celebrates an easy BIPA win; two other cases get jostled
What a tangled web we weave when we first practice to deceive; moreso when we first file biometric information privacy…
Texas sues Google alleging biometric data collected without consent
Google is facing a lawsuit over alleged biometric data privacy violations from the State of Texas, after Attorney general Ken…
Damages in Google’s biometric data privacy settlement half of per-person estimate
Members of the class in a $100 million settlement of a biometric data privacy lawsuit against Google will receive less…
Blurring a face on YouTube can violate BIPA – new lawsuit
A new biometric privacy lawsuit against Google argues that its venerable video-sharing platform YouTube stores images of people’s faces even…
Berbix, restaurant chains and Microsoft can’t free themselves from BIPA cases
Another month, another batch of new BIPA lawsuits and court developments for the biometrics and privacy communities to pore over….
