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  1. March 09, 2018

    Facebook Biometric Privacy Ruling Offers Plaintiffs On-Ramp

    A California federal court last week refused to find that real-world harm was required for Facebook users and non-users to move forward with their claims under Illinois' unique biometric privacy law, backing a lower threshold for entry and giving plaintiffs at least a short-term boost, attorneys say.

  2. February 26, 2018

    Facebook Can't Use Spokeo To Kill Biometric Data Class Row

    Facebook Inc. can't shake a proposed class action over the social media site's collection of biometric data, according to a California federal court's ruling Monday that the U.S. Supreme Court's Spokeo decision doesn't override an Illinois state law on privacy.

  3. January 29, 2018

    Facebook Fights Class Cert. Bids In Biometric Privacy Row

    Facebook fired back Friday at bids to certify a pair of related class actions accusing it of unlawfully storing facial scans, telling a California federal judge that the plaintiffs have failed to show any common harm and that the requests are nothing more than last-ditch attempts to save their claims.

  4. January 01, 2018

    Cybersecurity & Privacy Cases To Watch In 2018

    The U.S. Supreme Court is gearing up to decide a pair of blockbuster privacy disputes that will set the bar for access to cellphone location records and data stored overseas, while lower courts will have their hands full with the continued fallout from the high court's Spokeo decision and the scope of the Federal Trade Commission's data security authority. Here, cybersecurity and privacy attorneys flag several litigation fights that will bear watching in 2018.

  5. December 11, 2017

    Facebook Seeks Quick Win, Users Seek Cert. In Privacy Row

    Facebook asked a California federal judge Friday to grant it a quick win on jurisdictional grounds in a suit brought by users accusing the social media giant of unlawfully storing their facial scans without permission.

  6. November 30, 2017

    Facebook Biometric Data Row May Hinge On 'Right To Say No'

    A California federal judge Thursday seemed poised to preserve a proposed class action over Facebook's collection of biometric data, saying that the social media giant may have violated users' statutory "right to say no" and that he was unconvinced the U.S. Supreme Court's Spokeo decision required that they allege real-world harm.

  7. October 27, 2017

    Facebook Users Say Biometric Data Mining Causes Real Harm

    Facebook Inc. users suing the social media giant over its alleged collection of their biometric data told a California federal court Thursday that the company can't duck their suit by suggesting they lack standing, arguing that under Illinois privacy laws they suffered a concrete harm when they lost control of their private information.

  8. August 31, 2017

    Users Slam Facebook For Redacting Discovery In Privacy Row

    Facebook Inc. users suing the social media giant for allegedly collecting biometric data with its facial recognition software slammed the company Tuesday for submitting redacted discovery documents, telling a California federal judge that they were ordered to disclose the information without withholding anything. 

  9. February 08, 2017

    Facebook Biometric Row Halted For 9th Circ. Call On Spokeo

    Bids by Facebook Inc. to escape actions alleging it unlawfully collected biometric data were put on hold Tuesday until the Ninth Circuit hands down its ruling in Spokeo, which the U.S. Supreme Court remanded in a landmark, May decision.

  10. October 27, 2016

    Facebook's Spokeo Bid To End Privacy Suit Faces Skepticism

    A California federal judge told Facebook Thursday that he is skeptical that a proposed class action alleging the social media giant unlawfully collected biometric data with its facial-recognition features can be tossed for failing to show concrete injury under the high court's Spokeo decision.

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