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Judge: Right to sue under IL biometrics law too important to end suit vs Meta
Madison-St. Clair Record
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Judge: Right to sue under IL biometrics law too important to end suit vs Meta

  • Jonathan Bilyk
  • Updated Feb 24, 2026

EAST ST. LOUIS — Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, can't use its user agreement to escape yet another potentially massive pa…

IL biometric suits nixed vs staffing firms over worker fingerprint scans
Cook County Record
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IL biometric suits nixed vs staffing firms over worker fingerprint scans

  • Scott Holland
  • Updated Feb 12, 2026

OTTAWA, ILLINOIS - A state appeals panel has ruled staffing agencies can’t be held liable in potentially costly biometric privacy lawsuits tar…

License plate scans could rev up class actions vs CA parking garages
Northern California Record
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License plate scans could rev up class actions vs CA parking garages

  • Jonathan Bilyk
  • Updated Feb 10, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO - Parking garage operators in California could face the threat of a rash of class action lawsuits under a California law governi…

Reforms sliced BIPA class actions in 2025, new report says
Cook County Record
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Reforms sliced BIPA class actions in 2025, new report says

  • Jonathan Bilyk
  • Updated Jan 9, 2026

CHICAGO - Reforms to Illinois' stringent biometrics privacy law appears to have doled out some relief in 2025 to employers and other businesse…

IL genetic privacy law can’t fuel class actions vs life insurers
Cook County Record
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IL genetic privacy law can’t fuel class actions vs life insurers

  • Scott Holland
  • Updated Dec 22, 2025

ELGIN, ILLINOIS - An Illinois state appeals panel has agreed Illinois’ genetic information privacy law doesn’t allow lawsuits against life ins…

Judge green lights class action vs Amazon over Alexa ‘voiceprints’
Cook County Record
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Judge green lights class action vs Amazon over Alexa ‘voiceprints’

  • Scott Holland
  • Updated Nov 25, 2025

CHICAGO - A federal judge has greenlit a class action alleging Amazon’s Alexa devices violated an Illinois privacy law through unauthorized vo…

‘Legal minefield:’ Biometrics reforms needed to keep IL tech biz growing
Cook County Record
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‘Legal minefield:’ Biometrics reforms needed to keep IL tech biz growing

  • Jonathan Bilyk
  • Updated Oct 20, 2025

Editor's note: This is the final installment in a series of stories discussing the legal landscape surrounding the Illinois Biometric Informat…

Pax­ton looks at tech firm about Chinese access to data
Southeast Texas Record
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Pax­ton looks at tech firm about Chinese access to data

  • Phil Davidson
  • Updated Oct 8, 2025

AUSTIN - Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation against TP-Link Systems, a leading manufacturer of networking equipment, for …

CA law could shut down ‘flood’ of ‘abusive’ privacy suits
Northern California Record

CA law could shut down ‘flood’ of ‘abusive’ privacy suits

  • Jonathan Bilyk
  • Updated Jun 17, 2025

Businesses operating online in California and far beyond the Golden State's borders could soon receive a rare reprieve from alleged lawsuit ab…

'Floodgates have officially opened': IL employers facing new lawsuit blitz under state's genetic info privacy law
Cook County Record

'Floodgates have officially opened': IL employers facing new lawsuit blitz under state's genetic info privacy law

  • Stephanie N. Grimoldby
  • Updated May 21, 2025

Illinois employers could potentially face millions, if not billions, of dollars in damages under mass class actions if a statute meant to prot…

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