Civil Litigation,
Administrative/Regulatory
Jan. 23, 2019
Google awarded summary judgment in BIPA class action
See more on Google awarded summary judgment in BIPA class actionThis decision raises unresolved questions about how to appropriately balance consumers’ control over their personal information while limiting their ability to enforce violations of privacy statutes.
Kamran Salour
Partner
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
Email: kamran.salour@troutman.com
Kamran is a partner in the Consumer Financial Services practice and is a member of the Cybersecurity, Information Governance and Privacy group at Troutman Pepper.
In December, the Northern District of Illinois granted Google's summary judgment motion thereby shielding Google from potentially millions in damages for its alleged violations of the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act. Rivera v. Google, Inc., 16C02714 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 29, 2018). This decision raises unresolved...
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