Tag Archives: Class action privacy

The Weekly Privacy Rewind

By Aaron Lancaster on Posted in Weekly Privacy Rewind
Class Actions Facebook Cannot Evade Suit Under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act Even Where No Proof of Harm • In separate rulings handed down last week in the Northern District of California, the court refused to dismiss a case against Facebook under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) on Article III standing grounds. • According … Continue Reading

Class Action Settlement Based on Voucher Payout Wins Preliminary Approval by California District Court

By Judy Selby on Posted in Privacy Class Actions
Editor’s Note: This post is a joint submission with BakerHostetler’s Class Action Lawsuit Defense blog. On November 5, 2013, a California federal district court preliminarily approved a revised coupon-based class action settlement agreement between plaintiffs and OfficeMax (see Order Granting Preliminary Approval of Revised Class Action Settlement Agreemeent). As reported here in September, the court … Continue Reading

District Court rejects supervisor liability for state employee’s motor vehicle record data breach

Photo of BakerHostetlerBy BakerHostetler on Posted in Privacy Class Actions
Editor’s Note: This post is a joint submission with BakerHostetler’s Class Action Lawsuit Defense blog and was authored by Matthew Moody and Sammatha Clegg In a recent decision, the Federal District Court of Minnesota found that state agencies were not liable in a data breach class action suit involving a rogue employee’s unauthorized viewing of personal information … Continue Reading
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