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Facebook Agrees to Landmark 550 Million Dollar Settlement in BIPA Class Action

Hunton Privacy

Under the proposed settlement, Facebook agrees to establish a $550,000,000 fund to compensate Illinois users who claim Facebook violated BIPA by using facial recognition in its tag recognition feature without user consent. Earlier this month, the U.S.

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Illinois BIPA Suit Dismissed for Lack of Article III Standing

Hunton Privacy

Robins , the Supreme Court held that Article III standing requires a concrete and particularized injury even in the context of a statutory violation. In asking whether either plaintiff adequately alleged such requisite injury, the court considered Google’s collection and retention of the facial scans. In Spokeo, Inc.

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Illinois Court Says Biometric Fingerprint is Violation of Privacy, Even Without Injury: Data Privacy Trends

eDiscovery Daily

On January 25, the Illinois Supreme Court rejected an argument from a popular theme park that would have limited a state law that requires consent for the use of facial recognition and other biometrics. With Legaltech® behind us, it’s time to get back to covering interesting news items.

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NY Appeals Court Extends Discoverability of Social Media Photos to “Tagged” Photos: eDiscovery Case Law

eDiscovery Daily

He was “tagged,” thus allowing him access to them, and others were sent to his phone. Should discoverability of photos be extended to photos where the party is “tagged” in the photo or should privacy concerns weigh heavier here? In Vasquez-Santos v. Mathew, 8210NIndex 158793/13 (N.Y. Henkin, 30 N.Y.3d 3d 656, 665, 70 N.Y.S.3d

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2019 eDiscovery Case Law Year in Review, Part 2

eDiscovery Daily

But, this case – where an attorney sought sanctions against another for hanging up on him – is a unique example of lack of cooperation: Court Denies Sanction Request for Attorney Who Hung Up on Opposing Counsel One Time : In Ewing v. Oh, and a photo on social media can be discoverable simply because you’re “tagged” in it.

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Else 3.10.13: Satoshi, Snowden, Google, And The Meaning of it All

John Battelle's Searchblog

A vast hidden surveillance network runs across America, powered by the repo industry | BetaBoston If there’s a profitable way to tag something of value, it’ll get tagged. That’s the lesson behind this story on the automobile repossession industry, which most has tagged your car at some point in the past year or so.

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Cases I Will Be Covering Today During Litigation Support Day: eDiscovery Case Law

eDiscovery Daily

Are pictures where you are “tagged” discoverable? 12 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights), and the court remanded the case to the Superior Court for entry of an order compelling the defendant to enter the password into the cell phone at issue in the case. In Vasquez-Santos v. Mathew, 8210NIndex 158793/13 (N.Y.