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…
BIPA
The Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) requires organizations to acquire consent prior to collecting a person’s biometric data for commercial purposes.
Financial institution exemption dooms student’s BIPA class action suit
By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney For almost four years now, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy…
Attorneys fight over control of biometric data privacy lawsuit against Clearview
A former association of Illinois law firm Loevy & Loevy is accused of attempting to steal the firm’s clients just…
Microsoft, Amazon granted summary judgement in biometric data privacy lawsuits
A Washington federal judge on Monday dismissed two putative class actions by Chicago residents Steven Vance and Tim Janecyk, accusing…
Consumer privacy tension increases with voice and face biometrics cases across the US
A couple of biometrics lawsuits filed recently accuse JPMorgan Chase Bank of breaking California privacy law by recording customers’ phone…
Another big court decision in US litigation. Jury finds for biometric privacy rights
Privacy rights observers are calling the win by plaintiffs in Rogers v. BNSF the second landmark decision of the BIPA…
Biometric data privacy settlement to set high bar for payouts even as lawyers claim a third
Preliminary approval has been granted for a $3.5 million settlement of a class action lawsuit accusing Ceridian of violating Illinois’…
US Congresspeople really, really want a vote on a national data privacy standard
The United States is close enough to mid-term elections to read the fine print of polling rules. It is so…
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…
Big court date coming up fast for a BIPA case involving statute of limitations
That those opposed to the U.S. state of Illinois’ biometric privacy law are placing so much importance on secondary provisions…
