February 19, 2021
Illinois residents have reached a settlement in principle to resolve their claims that photo-sharing service Shutterfly stored their biometric data from its facial-recognition technology without their consent, they told a federal court Thursday.
May 15, 2020
An Illinois federal judge said Friday that a Shutterfly user must arbitrate her accusations that the photo publishing service unlawfully stored biometric data from its facial-recognition technology, even though the company unilaterally amended its arbitration clause after she sued.
March 23, 2020
Shutterfly Inc. has slammed putative class allegations claiming it improperly attempted to arbitrate a suit alleging the company stored biometric data from its facial recognition technology, telling an Illinois federal court that the users could not prove that they would ever win certification.
November 26, 2019
Shutterfly Inc. improperly tried to bind users to arbitrate biometric privacy claims by mass-emailing updated terms and conditions without disclosing pending litigation, a proposed class told an Illinois federal judge Tuesday.
October 04, 2019
Shutterfly Inc. urged an Illinois federal judge Thursday to toss out a lawsuit claiming its facial recognition technology violates the state's biometric privacy law, arguing the statute excludes liability over information derived from online photographs.