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Since the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA) took effect in July 2024, Texas has emerged as a leader in privacy enforcement. The Texas attorney general (AG) recently announced: “Any entity abusing or exploiting...more
Meta Lays the Groundwork for Potential Sea Change in BIPA Litigation - In Zellmer v. Meta Platforms, the Ninth Circuit evaluated an appeal from summary judgment entered in favor of Meta. This case stemmed from the...more
In July, Instagram’s parent company Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) agreed to a $68.5 million class-action biometric privacy settlement in connection with the company’s alleged violation of Illinois’ Biometric Information...more
The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), enacted in 2008, was one of the first state laws to address commercial collection of biometric data. Biometric data includes an iris scan, a fingerprint, a voiceprint,...more
Avoiding Data Breaches: A Guide for Boards and C-Suites "Recently, plaintiffs have targeted corporate board members and C-level executives alleging that their data privacy–related claims result from a breach of fiduciary...more
Texas enacted a biometric information privacy law way back in 2001, which was amended in 2009. That was a long time ago in the context of the development of privacy laws, and even longer when it comes to biometric information...more
I have written about the privacy concerns of facial recognition technology many times before. Many individuals are unaware of how facial recognition technology works, who is collecting their facial geometry, and how...more
The Facebook company now known as Meta announced this week that it is shutting down the Face Recognition system on Facebook. Meta stated that this is part of a company-wide move to limit the use of facial recognition...more
On February 26, 2021, Judge James Donato of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval of a proposed $650 million settlement in a biometric privacy class action lawsuit brought...more
In one of the largest data privacy settlements ever, a California federal district court judge last week approved a $650 million settlement to be paid by Facebook to nearly 1.6 million Facebook users in Illinois. The...more
Today, Facial Recognition Technology Is Everywhere. As It Invades Every Aspect Of Our Lives, Shutdown Or Not, Technological Advances, News Coverage, And Legal Approaches Concerning Such Technology Continue To Expand And...more
Crosmun v. The Trustees of Fayetteville Technical Community College Provides Much Needed Guidance to NC Courts on How to Properly Craft eDiscovery Protocols - The Court of Appeals decision in Crosmun is important because...more
On July 23, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California signaled that a $650 million settlement of claims against Facebook, Inc. for alleged violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy...more
THE SUPREME COURT CONFIRMED THAT RUSSIAN USERS MAY FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST AN AMERICAN SOCIAL NETWORK TO A RUSSIAN COURT - The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation reviewed a case initiated by a number of Internet users...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Plaintiffs’ lawyers reached a landmark $550 million settlement in January 2020 in a lawsuit against Facebook by consumers in a class action brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (the...more
On January 21, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Facebook’s petition for a writ of certiorari to consider whether consumers alleged a sufficiently concrete injury-in-fact in a biometric privacy lawsuit. A group of...more
LitLand is a monthly feature that reviews developments in litigation as they relate to privacy matters and highlight any past, current, and future cases about which you should know....more
In the face of billions of dollars of potential liability at trial, social media giant, Facebook, opted for the finality of a class-wide settlement—to the tune of $550 million—reached with Illinois users complaining of...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 29, 2020, Facebook announced that it had reached a settlement with plaintiffs in a class action brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (the “BIPA”) in the U.S. District...more
Facebook has agreed to pay $550 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit claiming that Zuck & Co.’s use of facial recognition technology violated Illinois’ biometric privacy law. Though the settlement is little more than “a...more
Illinois has introduced new workplace privacy legislation governing the use of artificial intelligence during the job interview process. The state legislature unanimously passed the Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act...more
The rapid adoption of biometric technology—designed to measure unique human biological characteristics, like fingerprints, voiceprints, and hand or face scans—has led to a surge of consumer class actions alleging violations...more
The Ninth Circuit has issued its much-anticipated decision in a class action against Facebook involving alleged biometric privacy violations, affirming certification of a class. In Patel v. Facebook, the Northern District of...more
Recently, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that an Illinois class of Facebook users can pursue a class action lawsuit arising out of Facebook’s use of facial scanning technology....more
On August 9, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit unanimously upheld certification of a class of Illinois Facebook users alleging that the social media giant’s facial recognition feature called “tag...more