A Southern District of Illinois judge has sent an action against iOS and Android social media app Snapchat to arbitration following a filing from parent company Snap Inc. The case, […]

US District Judge James Robart has issued a pair of rulings that will likely set an important precedent for future lawsuits involving Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The rulings […]

According to reports from multiple news outlets, retail giant Amazon plans on installing biometrically-enabled cameras in the vehicles of third-party delivery drivers and requiring the drivers to consent to having […]

Illinois legislators are considering revisions to the Biometric Information Privacy Act that are aimed at lessening its impact on smaller businesses. As The Courier reports, the new bill – House […]

A group of plaintiffs have reached a preliminary settlement in a class action lawsuit against TikTok. The lawsuit was initially filed in May of 2020, and alleged that the social […]

Walmart has reached a $10 million settlement with employees in a class action lawsuit in Illinois. The lawsuit was filed in 2019, and alleged that the retail giant violated the […]

The deadline is fast approaching for Illinois residents who want to claim their share of the $650 million payout in Facebook’s landmark class-action lawsuit. According to the Chicago Tribune, residents […]

Pittsburgh city councillor Corey O’Connor has introduced legislation that, if passed, would ban the city’s Public Safety Department (PPSD) from using facial recognition software or Predictive Policing Technology. The PPSD […]

Embattled New York-based facial recognition startup Clearview AI has been asked to answer a number of questions regarding the collection and processing of personal biometric data in Hamburg, Germany, by […]

Social media giant Facebook has received preliminary approval from a California federal court to settle its Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) lawsuit for $650 million. Under BIPA, companies are […]