Civil Litigation,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Aug. 9, 2019
Biometric privacy ruling could cost Facebook billions
On Thursday, the 9th Circuit affirmed the district court’s order certifying a class of Facebook users who allege that Facebook’s Tag Suggestions feature violated their rights under Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act.
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.
On Thursday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's order certifying a class of Facebook users who allege that Facebook's Tag Suggestions feature violated their rights under Illinois's Biometric Information Privacy Act. Patel v. Facebook, 2019 DJDAR 7421. Understanding the impact of the 9th Circuit's opinion on privacy litigation generally, a...
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