BIPA Section 15(c) claims: What does it mean to profit from biometric data?
By David J. Oberly, attorney at Blank Rome, LLP. One of the more recent trends in Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act…
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Due process questions dominate proposed biometrics law and state supreme court cases
Privacy advocates are focusing on proposed state-wide biometrics restrictions in Massachusetts and a Michigan Supreme Court case specifically dealing with…
Grindr accused of heavy-handed biometric data requests
Grindr seems to have gotten itself into one of the few positions that even its most flexible subscribers have not…
Former executive sues Idemia I&S, alleges improper biometric app development outsourcing
Former Idemia Identity and Security USA LLC executive and current CEO of the reborn Integrated Biometric Technology, Charles Carrol, is taking…
OnlyFans sued over biometric data privacy allegations
In its attempts to keep its platform free of underage pornography, OnlyFans has run afoul of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy…
With biometric lawsuits increasing — what regulations can protect our privacy?
By Rob Shavell, Co-founder & CEO of Abine / DeleteMe Biometric lawsuits are happening everywhere. From fast-food chains and pork…
Raft of new legal headaches from biometrics use for three consumer product companies
Amazon, Meta/Facebook and, improbably, Proctor & Gamble are wrangling with new legal drama involving consumers’ biometric identifiers. Amazon is being…
Proposed $6.8M settlement reached in biometric vending machines data privacy suit
A biometric data privacy suit against Compass Group USA Inc. and partner 365 Retail Markets LLC under Illinois’ Biometric Information…
Lawsuit filed over allegations of Uber face biometrics bias
A former Uber driver who lost his job after the company’s face biometric identity verification system failed to recognize him…
ByteDance/TikTok biometric data privacy lawsuit closer to closure?
A federal judge in Illinois last week tentatively approved a proposed $92 million settlement in the class action filed against…
