Biometric privacy lawsuits make “judicial hellholes” and Facebook Supreme Court hearing top concern
The Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) of Illinois continues to make waves, with several cases winding their way through the…
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Non-profit legal firm argues Supreme Court should throw out biometric privacy suit against Facebook
The Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) has filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the body to…
Facebook files biometric privacy suit appeal with Federal Supreme Court as Walmart tries novel defence
Facebook has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court over the issue of “standing” in the class-action suit against it under Illinois’…
Selfie biometrics extended by Veriff, GetID, VaultID as Facebook intros video face and motion detection
Based on feedback from the end-users of its customers, Veriff has expanded its language support to make its customer verification…
New Facebook algorithm blocks facial recognition identification in videos
Facebook has developed a machine learning algorithm based on encoder-decoder architecture to protect individuals from being identified with biometric facial…
Facebook to appeal to Supreme Court for biometric privacy suit dismissal
Facebook will appeal to the Supreme Court in its Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) suit, seeking to have the potential…
Facebook loses motion and new biometric privacy suits filed under BIPA
Facebook is a step closer to being forced to pay out damages which could reach $35 billion in a suit…
Chamber of Commerce urges dismissal of biometric privacy suit against Facebook
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and others have stepped up in support of Facebook’s attempt to have a class action…
Facebook eliminates one biometric facial recognition feature and expands another
The facial recognition-based tag suggestion feature has been discontinued by Facebook, while the face recognition feature which alerts users when…
Indian Supreme Court to hear Facebook argument against linking Aadhaar biometrics with accounts
The Supreme Court of India has agreed to hear arguments from Facebook that accounts on social media platforms should not…
