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Google is planning to contest a class action lawsuit that alleges that the company violated the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) in Illinois. The lawsuit was filed in February, and specifically concerns a facial recognition database that was created after extracting facial templates from photos on the company’s platform. BIPA prevents companies from obtaining and […]
A $550 million dollar settlement negotiated by Facebook has been put on hold by U.S. District Judge James Donato until lawyers explain to him why the amount is only a fraction of what the damages could be under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) which Facebook is said to have violated. The class-action suit […]
New York-based video hosting platform Vimeo lost an appeal in the Northern District of Illinois to have a class-action biometric privacy lawsuit go to arbitration. The lawsuit accuses Vimeo of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) prohibiting the capture, storage, and use of an individual’s biometric data without their written consent. The plaintiff […]
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is no longer using Clearview AI’s controversial facial recognition platform. The department had originally signed a two-year contract worth $49,875, but indicated that Clearview had terminated the contract (and issued a pro-rated refund) on May 1. The news came shortly after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued Clearview […]
The Illinois branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of “survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence, undocumented immigrants, and other vulnerable communities”, as these individuals are part […]
A proposed class-action lawsuit filed against photo-sharing service Shutterfly that alleged it had violated the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA) was dismissed by a federal judge last week, granting Shutterfly’s motion to compel the plaintiff to take her claims to arbitration. The case — which was filed in June of 2019 by Vernita Miracle-Pond and […]
The Seventh Circuit court in the U.S. has weighed in on Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), and determined that the act of collecting and storing someone’s biometric information without proper consent is inherently harmful to that individual. The ruling defines the collection of biometric data as an “injury in fact,” which confers Article III […]
Google’s attempts to have a class-action lawsuit filed against it dismissed have been refused by a federal judge, who ruled that the tech giant will have to face the claims that it violated federal privacy laws through its disclosure of users’ conversations to outside contractors. The suit originated last summer, following a report from Dutch […]
The city of Boston is considering passing a ban on the use of facial recognition technology, a move that would make then the third municipality to do so in the state of Massachusetts in the past 6 months following similar moves from the communities of Brookline and Cambridge late last year and earlier this year […]
This week’s roundup of FindBiometrics’ top stories includes two interviews with identity industry leaders, a couple of stories about ongoing industry trends, and some serious investment funding for an emerging digital security player. To kick things off, FindBiometrics’ interview with IDEX Biometrics’ CEO Vince Graziani understandably piqued many readers’ curiosity. He’s a fresh face at […]
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