June 05, 2026
An Illinois federal judge on Friday granted certification to a class of Illinois iPhone users who sued Apple Inc. over alleged violations of the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act, finding the class had sufficiently shown that whether Apple committed these violations could be determined on a classwide basis.
June 17, 2021
An Illinois federal judge has favored Apple's bid to escape an attempt by a proposed class of state residents in a biometric privacy suit to compel the technology giant to produce documents identifying all device users who bought products containing the company's Photos app.
November 17, 2020
Apple is asking an Illinois federal judge to reconsider a ruling that it must face claims that it violated the state's biometric privacy law with its facial recognition software, saying one count of the complaint should have been thrown out and not remanded to state court.
November 12, 2020
An Illinois federal judge on Thursday refused to let Apple Inc. escape a class action alleging that it violates state law through its facial recognition software, finding that the proposed class' allegations that the company illegally collects and stores face scans can proceed.