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On February 10, 2025, a Washington state resident filed a lawsuit on behalf of herself and similarly situated individuals against Amazon under the Washington My Health My Data Act (MHMD). This is the first lawsuit brought...more
An online retailer was recently hit with the first class action under Washington’s consumer health data privacy law alleging that it used advertising software attached to certain third-party mobile phone apps to unlawfully...more
On February 10, 2025, a class action lawsuit was filed against an online retailer under the Washington My Health My Data (MHMD) Act’s private right of action. The complaint also alleges violations of federal wiretapping and...more
Takeaway: We have written before about the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and the risk of annihilating damages in class actions if every alleged biometric scan or transmittal of that scan for a single...more
Summary - In its judgement of 11 July 2024 (C-757/22), the European Court of Justice (‘ECJ’) ruled that the violation of a controller’s information obligations under Art. 12 and 13 GDPR, can be subject to a representative...more
Last week Marriott Hotel Services was hit with a class action lawsuit for alleged violations of the Illinois’ Biometrics Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The lawsuit alleges that the hotel violated BIPA by requiring workers to...more
In a significant legislative development, the Illinois House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved Senate Bill 2979, with a vote of 81 to 30, which amends the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) to...more
A recent slate of class action lawsuits seeks to expand the scope of the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act’s (GIPA) prohibition against considering family medical history to life insurance companies. See e.g. Reynolds...more
Summary - A class action lawsuit filed against OpenAI and its primary investor, Microsoft, seeks damages and injunctive relief for the alleged theft and commercial misappropriation of consumer personal data processed by and...more
In a unanimous decision, the Illinois Supreme Court determined that the Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) is pre-empted by the Labor Management Relations Act for many employees covered by a collective bargaining...more
Amazon Sued for Not Telling New York Store Customers about Tracking Biometrics - “Thanks to a 2021 law, New York is the only major American city to require businesses to post signs letting customers know they’re tracking...more
Biometric identifiers are unique to every individual. They include your fingerprints, facial structure, and even how you walk. There is the Illinois Biometric Information Protection Act (“BIPA”), and biometric protection...more
Biometric data continues to take up a massive amount of space in the digital universe. Fingerprints, facial scans, and voice recognition are staples of modern devices and are regularly integrated into business models....more
The Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (“BIPA”) has been a fertile source of class action litigation in recent years as courts continue to grapple with the scope of potential liability of employers and other entities who have...more
An Illinois appellate court has ruled that Apple’s biometric unlock features, including Touch ID fingerprint scanning and Face ID facial geometry scanning, do not violate the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)....more
The case of Popa v. Harriet Carter Gifts, Inc. “began with a quest for pet stairs.” Plaintiff Ashley Popa searched Harriet Carter Gifts’ website, added pet stairs to her cart, but never completed the purchase. During her...more
To say that class action litigation regarding the use or collection of “biometric information” – such as fingerprints, face records, or voice records – is expensive would be a gross understatement. The damages sought, and...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week, the first jury trial of an Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) class action case began in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in a case entitled Rogers...more
A class action lawsuit, Seirafi et al v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Case 4:22-cv-05176-KAW, filed recently in the Northern District of California, alleges that Samsung’s unnecessary personal information collection,...more
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS - The collection and storage of sensitive data can not only invite the attention of government agencies, but also that of putative class action plaintiffs. Government inquiries,...more
Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has spawned a tsunami of class actions against employers who utilize biometric timekeeping or security systems. Now, the Illinois Supreme Court in McDonald v. Symphony...more
Kronos, Inc., has agreed to (and a federal judge has preliminarily approved) a $15.3 million settlement to resolve claims that it violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by collecting biometric...more
In a class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Clearview Al Inc. faces allegations that it uses facial recognition technology that violates the Illinois Biometric Information...more
For months now, employers and their counsel have been awaiting the Illinois Supreme Court’s ruling in McDonald v. Symphony Bronzeville Park, LLC regarding whether the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act preempts claims for...more
On February 3, 2022, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the exclusivity provisions of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act (“IWCA”) do not bar a claim for statutory damages under the Illinois Biometric Information...more