February 23, 2026
The protections offered by California's data privacy law are an inferior substitute for those under Illinois' biometric privacy law, an Illinois federal judge found, refusing to allow Meta to escape a proposed class action accusing it of improperly storing Messenger and Messenger Kids users' facial geometries.
September 18, 2024
An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday rejected Meta's bid to dismiss a biometric privacy class action alleging it improperly stored Messenger and Messenger Kids users' facial geometries to apply bunny-ear and other filters, finding a federal child privacy law does not preempt the suit.