March 16, 2016
Shutterfly Inc. asked an Illinois federal judge Wednesday to hit pause on a proposed class action over its alleged use of facial recognition technology to scan customers' images for biometric data without their permission until it rules on the company's recent bid to compel arbitration.
March 11, 2016
Shutterfly Inc. told an Illinois federal judge Thursday that the man leading a proposed class action over facial recognition technology to scan customers' images to gather biometric data without their permission failed to disclose that the "unknown" user who uploaded his photos was his fiancee.
February 01, 2016
Shutterfly Inc. asked an Illinois federal judge Monday to reconsider whether he had jurisdiction over claims the company violated the state's privacy law by using facial recognition technology to gather biometric data from users' photos, after another judge in a nearly identical proposed class action against Facebook ruled differently.
January 22, 2016
An Illinois federal judge on Thursday took a narrow view of jurisdiction in nixing a putative class action accusing Facebook of violating the state's unique biometric data privacy law, a win for the social media giant — in the wake of a ruling against Shutterfly on nearly identical claims — that attorneys attribute to its passive system for collecting information.
January 15, 2016
A man accusing Shutterfly of using facial recognition technology to scan customers' images to gather biometric data without their permission moved in Illinois federal court on Friday to certify a class that would cover thousands of people from across the state.
January 04, 2016
An Illinois federal judge has refused to toss a putative class action accusing Shutterfly of unlawfully using facial recognition technology to gather biometric data from users' photos, finding that identifiers such as face geometry scans are not excluded from the state's unique biometrics privacy law.
December 15, 2015
A group of consumers suing Shutterfly Inc. over a facial-recognition feature told an Illinois federal judge Tuesday that they should be allowed to continue discovery, pending the judge's decision on a motion to dismiss, because stopping the process now would hamper the court's pretrial process.
September 17, 2015
Shutterfly Inc. continued its bid to dismiss a putative class action accusing it of violating an Illinois state privacy law by using facial recognition technology to gather biometric data from users' photos, on Wednesday saying that the language of that law plainly excludes photographs and the information derived from them.
August 31, 2015
A proposed putative class suing Shutterfly Inc. for allegedly violating an Illinois privacy law by using facial recognition technology to gather biometric data from users' photos struck back at the company's motion to dismiss, saying Friday that scanning face geometry for biometric identifiers is clearly covered under the law.
August 04, 2015
Shutterfly Inc. has urged an Illinois federal judge to dismiss a putative class action accusing the company of violating a state law protecting residents' control over their biometric data by using facial recognition technology to create face templates from photographs, saying that the law specifically excludes photographs.