Apple and Samsung each sued over alleged smartphone biometrics infringements
Apple and Samsung are both facing lawsuits alleging patent infringements related to smartphone biometrics. Korean mobile technology company FirstFace has…
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Defense contractor settles cost-padding civil suit for half-million dollars
Integral Consulting Services (ICS) has agreed to pay over $500,000 in damages to the United States over allegations that it…
Facebook argues against class action certification in BIPA lawsuits
Facebook has told a federal judge in California that plaintiffs attempting to certify a pair of related class action suits…
ICE sued for info about use of mobile biometric devices in immigration raids
A non-profit group of lawyers is suing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency in federal court for failing…
Judge takes issue with Facebook motion to dismiss Illinois privacy lawsuit
Facebook’s bid to have a lawsuit filed against it under Illinois’ biometric privacy law thrown out seems unlikely to succeed…
Crossmatch settles patent infringement lawsuit against Integrated Biometrics
Crossmatch has agreed to settle a complaint filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in…
Chicago area supermarket facing multiple lawsuits over employee fingerprint scanning
Chicagoland supermarket chain Mariano’s is facing multiple lawsuits that allege the company violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)…
GTL’s biometric security patent deemed valid, paves way to request restart of $100M infringement lawsuit
Global Tel*Link (GTL) announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the decision of the…
Intercontinental Hotels employees file class action over fingerprint use
Plaintiff employees of the Intercontinental Hotel Group have filed a class action lawsuit against the hotel chain over claims that…
Google denied immediate appeal to ruling in face recognition suit
A federal judge has denied a request by Google to immediately appeal his ruling in a class-action lawsuit that alleges…
