A group of five Illinois residents is suing Pimeyes, which offers a publicly available facial recognition tool, under the state’s privacy law. They say the company violated their privacy by collecting and using their photos in face search…
Privacy Lawsuits
SAN FRANCISCO – A woman has filed a class action lawsuit against streaming service Mubi, claiming the company violates a federal privacy law by reporting what users view on the Mubi streaming platform to Facebook, TikTok and others,…
Peiffer Wolf’s Partner Brandon Wise secured a $16M VPPA (Video Privacy Protection Act) Settlement for Crunchyroll users. Crunchyroll, owned by Sony, allegedly shared personal information with third parties, including Meta. However, under VPPA, established in 1988, online video…
Wyze | ArsTechnica | Kate Cox | 12/30/2019, 10:34 AM “Loads of folks found brand-new Wyze surveillance cameras under their trees or in their stockings this Christmas. And on Boxing Day, the company itself unwrapped a whole new world…
Wyze | InfoRisk Today | Jeremy Kirk | December 30, 2019 Technical Data Plus Emails Made It Possible to Link Cameras to People Seattle-based smart home device maker Wyze says an error by a developer exposed a database to…
Dylan’s Candybar Lawsuit | Loop North News | Scott Holland | December 9, 2019 The Michigan Avenue candy shop, owned by the daughter of fashion designer Ralph Lauren, is accused of violating privacy law concerning fingerprints collected when…
BIPA lawsuit | FindBiometrics | September 19, 2019 Another business may have run afoul of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Kevin Truss has filed a class action lawsuit against Four Seasons Heating & Air Conditioning Inc.,…
BIPA law | Cook Conty Record | Carrie Bradon | Sep 18, 2019 CHICAGO — An employee has brought a class action lawsuit against a Chicago heating and air conditioning business, alleging they violated an Illinois biometrics privacy…
An employee is suing Gurtler Chemicals He filed a class action complaint, alleging Gurtler violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. He is represented by attorneys Brandon M. Wise and Paul Lesko of Peiffer Wolf. Cook County Records…
An employee is suing an agricultural products company, accusing it of violating elements of the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Attorney Brandon Wise: “The Illinois Supreme Court made clear in January that ‘compliance should not be difficult’.” The suit…