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Snapchat’s parent company is defending against a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois brought by two platform users identified as Adrian Coss and Maribel Ocampo.
The lawsuit alleges that the platform violates the Illinois Biometrics Information Privacy Act by failing to provide users with the required disclosures under the act while collecting, storing and sharing users’ unique facial features and voices.
Read MoreOn February 26, 2021 in the United States District Court Northern District of California, the Court found that Facebook was ordered to pay $650 million. This issue derived from the underlying lawsuit alleging whether the collection of an individual's biometric data in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act is sufficient to establish Article III standing. As a result of this dispute, the company’s automatic facial recognition tagging features are now an opt-in feature instead of being an opt-out choice.
Read MoreThe New York State legislature has introduced Assembly Bill 27, which seeks to make New York the fourth state to enact a biometric privacy law. If successful it will be the second state that will allow consumers a private right of action to see companies for improper data handling.
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