On January 3, 2023, an Illinois state court entered a preliminary approval order for a settlement of nearly $300,000 in a class action lawsuit against Whole Foods for claims that the company violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.
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Five Guys Hit with BIPA Class Action
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On December 20, 2022, a former employee in Illinois, brought a class action suit against Five Guys Enterprises, LLC, alleging that Five Guys violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. …
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Class Action Lawsuits Continue Targeting Companies For Tracking Users’ Website Activity
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Plaintiff’s firms continue to file variations of state law wiretapping lawsuits over “session replay” software and “live chat” or “chatbot” applications in various jurisdictions.
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Facebook’s $90M Privacy Deal Gets Final Nod Over Objections
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On November 14, 2022, Judge Edward J. Davila of the Northern District of California approved a $90 million privacy settlement against Meta Platforms, Inc. for unlawfully tracking user information when users were logged out of the site.
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Judge Approves $92 Million TikTok Settlement
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On July 28, 2022, a federal judge approved TikTok’s $92 million class action settlement of various privacy claims made under state and federal law, which will resolve litigation that began in 2019 and involved claims that TikTok violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act and the federal Video Privacy Protection Act.
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Fitness App Agrees to Pay $56 Million to Settle Class Action Alleging Dark Pattern Practices
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On February 14, 2022, Noom Inc., a popular weight loss and fitness app, agreed to pay $56 million, and provide an additional $6 million in subscription credits to settle a putative class action in New York federal court.
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Lloyd Court Says No to Class Action-Style Lawsuits in the UK
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On November 10, 2021, the UK Supreme Court issued its long-awaited judgment in the Lloyd v Google case. The decision is expected to make it difficult in practice for a future class action lawsuit that is brought on behalf of a class of individuals who have not actively opted in to being represented by the lead claimant to proceed under UK law.
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Fight Against Robocalls Is Coming for Telemarketing Text Messages
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As reported on the Hunton Retail Resource Blog, on October 20, 2021, a new wave in the fight against “robocalls” is targeting telemarketing text messages. In the past six months, there has been an uptick in activity at both the state and federal level to reign in telemarketing text messages. …
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Zoom Agrees to Pay $85M to Settle Class Action
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On July 31, 2021, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. agreed to pay $85 million to settle a class action suit that alleged the Company violated users’ privacy rights. The proposed settlement must be approved by U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh.
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British Airways Settles UK Breach Class Action
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On July 6, 2021, it was reported that British Airways had settled a UK class action lawsuit relating to its 2018 data breach, in which approximately 430,000 data subjects were affected.
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