New York Mets Hit With Class Action Alleging Biometric Privacy Violations October 11, 2024 The company that owns the New York Mets professional baseball team is the target of a class action lawsuit alleging...
Texas Sues Google for Alleged Biometric Privacy Violations October 21, 2022 Texas sued Google over claims that the search-engine giant is illegally capturing the biometric data of users without their consent,...
Virginia Lawmakers Approve Relaxing Ban on Facial Recognition Technology March 16, 2022 By Denise Lavoie Last year, Virginia lawmakers passed one of the most restrictive bans in the country on the use of facial recognition...
Court Grants Facebook Preliminary OK to Settle Facial Recognition Privacy Claims August 20, 2020 Facebook Inc. won preliminary approval late on Wednesday from a federal court for settlement of a lawsuit that claimed it...
EU Prepares for Coming of Facial Recognition– On Its Privacy Terms February 3, 2020 By Natalia Drozdiak The European Union has accepted there is no escape from facial recognition, but is seeking to ensure any roll-out that...
Facebook to Pay $550M to Settle Biometric Privacy Violation Claims January 30, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson In what the plaintiffs’ lawyers are calling the largest cash settlement ever resolving a privacy related lawsuit, Facebook has agreed...
Biometrics and Financial Firms, Ransomware Variant Among Latest Cyber Trends: Chubb August 28, 2019 State biometrics laws, a new ransomware threat and the targeting of financial institutions are among the recent trends in cyber...
Judge Dismisses Privacy Suit Against Google Over Facial Recognition Technology December 31, 2018 By Matthew Boesler A lawsuit filed against Google by users who said the world’s largest search engine violated their privacy by using facial...
Judge Scolds Facebook for ‘Faulty Proposition’ Over Privacy Claims May 15, 2018 By Joel Rosenblatt and Peter Blumberg A judge scolded Facebook Inc. for misconstruing his own rulings as he ordered the company to face a high-stakes trial...
Password Stolen; Create a New One. What If Your Retina Scan or Fingerprint Is Stolen? May 11, 2018 By Elizabeth Blosfield A retail store’s ability to authenticate customers by scanning their unique ear or retinal patterns may seem like something out...