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Texas AG Sues Meta Over Collection and Use of Biometric Data

Hunton Privacy

On February 14, 2022, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton brought suit against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, over the company’s collection and use of biometric data. The suit focuses on Meta’s “tag suggestions” feature, which the company has since retired.

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Illinois BIPA Suit Dismissed for Lack of Article III Standing

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a similar case brought in the Northern District of California that was not dismissed, involving a plaintiff who alleged that Facebook’s use of facial recognition for tagging photos violated BIPA’s notice and consent requirements; and (2) common law tort analogues. Facebook Inc. ,

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Historic Charges: First Enforcement Action Filed by New York Department of Financial Services Under Cybersecurity Regulation

Data Matters

perform risk assessments for data stored or transmitted within its information systems, particularly the First American main document repository, known as FAST, and EaglePro applications, which transmitted and stored NPI as discussed below (23 NYCRR § 500.02). In May 2019, FAST contained over 850 million documents.