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SECURE Data Act offers ‘clear, enforceable’ privacy rules, without the big money lawsuits
Northern California Record
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SECURE Data Act offers ‘clear, enforceable’ privacy rules, without the big money lawsuits

  • Jonathan Bilyk
  • Updated Jun 15, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republicans in Congress are attempting to move forward with a proposed new law that would for the first time create nationa…

Meta to ask appeals court to end biometrics suit over Messenger filters
Madison-St. Clair Record
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Meta to ask appeals court to end biometrics suit over Messenger filters

  • Scott Holland
  • Updated May 26, 2026

EAST ST. LOUIS — A Southern Illinois federal judge will allow Meta to ask a federal appeals panel if its Facebook Messenger program can be sub…

IL biometrics privacy law’s territorial reach limited, appeals court says
Madison-St. Clair Record
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IL biometrics privacy law’s territorial reach limited, appeals court says

  • Jonathan Bilyk
  • Updated May 21, 2026

PHILADELPHIA — Amazon has turned aside another attempt to use Illinois' stringent biometrics privacy law to extract a potentially big payout f…

Govt contracts don’t shield companies from biometrics class actions: Court
Cook County Record
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Govt contracts don’t shield companies from biometrics class actions: Court

  • Scott Holland
  • Updated May 7, 2026

OTTAWA, ILLINOIS — A state appeals panel has limited private companies’ ability to escape class action biometrics lawsuits by using an exempti…

IL biometrics privacy reforms apply to past cases, too: Appeals court
Cook County Record
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IL biometrics privacy reforms apply to past cases, too: Appeals court

  • Jonathan Bilyk
  • Updated Apr 1, 2026

CHICAGO — Pending class action lawsuits under Illinois' stringent biometrics privacy law may have become significantly less lucrative, after a…

Google Gemini face scans violate IL biometrics law: Class action
Cook County Record
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Google Gemini face scans violate IL biometrics law: Class action

  • Jonathan Bilyk
  • Updated Mar 19, 2026

CHICAGO — Google has been hit, again, by a class action lawsuit under Illinois' stringent biometrics privacy law, this time accusing the tech …

Siri class action lawsuit greenlit, billions at stake
Cook County Record
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Siri class action lawsuit greenlit, billions at stake

  • Jonathan Bilyk
  • Updated Feb 5, 2026

CHICAGO - A judge has cleared the way for as many as 3 million Apple device users in Illinois to be included in a class action lawsuit accusin…

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…

Union Pacific to ask appeals court for biometrics lawsuit exemption
Cook County Record
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Union Pacific to ask appeals court for biometrics lawsuit exemption

  • Jonathan Bilyk
  • Updated Nov 6, 2025

CHICAGO - Though he has said he believes the company's position would lead to legally "absurd" results, a federal judge will still allow freig…

‘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…

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