United States:
District Court Denies Motion To Dismiss Class Action Against Social Media Platform
15 September 2016
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Jonathon Little
,
Kevin Lyles
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
,
Richard Johnson
,
Anand Varadarajan
and
Nicole Perry
Jones Day
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In May, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
California denied a motion to dismiss a claim against
Facebook. The plaintiffs alleged the platform's online
photo-tagging feature violated the Illinois Biometric Information
Privacy Act. Although the case was transferred from Illinois to
California, the California court allowed the claim to proceed on
grounds that "Illinois will suffer a complete negation of its
biometric privacy protections for its citizens if California law is
applied."
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