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Proposed State Privacy Law Update: May 12, 2025

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Keypoint: Last week, the Colorado legislature passed an amendment to the state’s data privacy law, the Texas legislature passed a bill regulating app stores, and there were developments with bills in Connecticut, Maine, New...more

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Proposed State Privacy Law Update: March 10, 2025

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Keypoint: Last week, the Utah legislature passed two bills prior to closing while Georgia’s Senate passed a consumer data privacy bill and the Arizona House passed a social media bill. Below is the ninth weekly update on...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Sheppard Mullin’s 2024 Eye on Privacy Year in Review

It is hard to believe that another year is upon us! As we have done in years past (including 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018), we have created a comprehensive resource of all our www.eyeonprivacy.com posts from 2024. As...more

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Proposed State Privacy Law Update: January 20, 2025

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Keypoint: In our second weekly update for 2025, we are tracking new bills filed in Arkansas, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. Below is...more

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Employer Alert: Texas Reaches $1.4B Settlement Over Allegations of Violation of Biometric Information Privacy Law

The landmark $1.4 billion settlement reached by the state of Texas and a social media company to settle allegations that the company’s platform unlawfully scanned the faces of millions of users in Texas serves as a warning to...more

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“Biometric Identifiers Must Identify”: The Ninth Circuit Clarifies the Scope of BIPA

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in Zellmer v. Meta Platforms, Inc., on June 17, 2024, affirming dismissal of a putative class action filed under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Quick Clicks | Issue 4

Utah Is the First State to Limit Teens Under 18 From Social Media Access - Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed two bills on March 23 (SB 152 and HB 311) prohibiting children under the age of 18 from using social media between...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Texas AG Sues Meta, Alleging Massive Collection of Face Geometries Without Consent

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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #319 – How Facial Recognition Technology Works and Why You Should Care

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

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Meta Announces the End of Facial Recognition Technology on Facebook

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

Rivkin Radler LLP

Businesses Face New Litigation Risk Over Biometric Information

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Social media has played an oversized role in lawsuits under state and local biometric privacy laws, including especially the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). See, e.g., Thornley v. Clearview AI, Inc., 984...more

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As Florida Mulls New Privacy Protections, Facebook Takes Hit in Illinois For Biometric Data Collection

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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

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[Virtual Event] Advertising & Marketing Law - January 19th - 21st, 8:15 am - 1:15 pm EST

Be part of this renowned event which shape the law, policy and proceedings of Canadian advertising and marketing law. Attend the Canadian Institute’s 27th Annual Virtual Conference on Advertising & Marketing Law to delve...more

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Plaintiffs Push For Preliminary Approval Of $550 Million Settlement In Facebook Privacy Class Action

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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

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Facebook Agrees To $550 Million Settlement In BIPA Class Action

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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

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“Untagging” From Photo Privacy Lawsuit: Facebook Settles Its Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Litigation For $550 Million

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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

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Financial Daily Dose 1.30.2020 | Top Story: Facebook Pays $550 Million to Resolve Privacy Class Action Over Use of Facial...

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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

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Companies Using Biometrics Have Hope Despite Recent Court Rulings

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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

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Certification of Class Alleging Biometric Privacy Violations

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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

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Facebook “Tagged” in Certified Facial Scanning Class Action

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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

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Facebook Facing Massive Class Action Trial: Ninth Circuit Rules BIPA Class Action Can Proceed

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In January 2019, we reported on the Illinois Supreme Court’s decision, Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corp., where the highest court in Illinois unanimously found that an individual need not allege (or show) an actual...more

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Facebook Gets Tagged: Ninth Circuit Greenlights Class Action Trial Under BIPA

Class action lawsuits alleging violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) continue to flood courts’ dockets. In a case against Facebook related to use of an alleged facial recognition technology in...more

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Finding Article III Standing, Ninth Circuit Declines to Do an About-Face in Illinois Biometric Privacy Class Action against...

In an important opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s ruling that plaintiffs in the ongoing Facebook biometric privacy class action have alleged a concrete injury-in-fact to confer Article III standing and that...more

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Clarity on the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act, The Supreme Court Weighs In

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Following an opinion by the Illinois Supreme Court, the 9th Circuit will discuss the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act issue — whether the Act requires class plaintiffs to show that they suffered actual harm...more

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California Federal District Court Does Not ‘Like’ Facebook’s Standing Argument In Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act Case

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In light of the uncertainties surrounding lawsuits alleging violations of the Illinois Information Biometric Privacy Act (“BIPA”), the Northern District of California has taken a firm position on a...more

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