CHICAGO – Citizens Insurance Company of America must defend a privacy invasion suit against a business that sold a facial recognition database to Chicago for police purposes, U. S. Seventh Circuit appellate judges ruled on June 15.
An insurer must defend an information technology company facing a pair of Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) lawsuits, the U.S. District Court for
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Clearview AI Asks 7th Circ. To Undo BIPA Suit Remand
Law360 (January 29, 2021, 8:28 PM EST) Facial recognition technology company Clearview AI has asked the Seventh Circuit to rehear its challenge to a lower court s order sending three Illinois residents biometric privacy suit back to state court, arguing a panel incorrectly found no federal standing for their claim.
Clearview AI Inc. argued Thursday that an appellate panel was wrong when it held Illinois residents Melissa Thornley, Deborah Benjamin-Koller and Josue Herrera lacked Article III standing to pursue accusations that the facial recognition company unlawfully profited from pictures it scanned on the internet.
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7th Circ. Won t Keep Clearview BIPA Case In Federal Court
Law360 (January 14, 2021, 9:16 PM EST) The Seventh Circuit held Thursday that a lower court correctly sent back to state court a biometric privacy lawsuit against facial recognition technology company Clearview AI, saying the residents who sued were free to avoid federal court by narrowing their claims.
Emphasizing that allegations matter when it comes to determining an individual s standing to pursue a biometric privacy claim in federal court, a three-judge panel said it s no secret that Illinois residents Melissa Thornley, Deborah Benjamin-Koller and Josue Herrera took care to accuse Clearview AI of unlawfully profiting from pictures it scanned on the internet without also alleging they suffered a.