Civil Litigation
Mar. 1, 2018
Facebook ruling may encourage biometric-privacy actions
On Monday, the Northern District of California issued a ruling denying Facebook’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction a biometric-privacy-based class action.
Kamran Salour
Partner
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
Email: kamran.salour@troutman.com
Kamran is a partner in the Consumer Financial Services practice and is a member of the Cybersecurity, Information Governance and Privacy group at Troutman Pepper.
On Monday, the Northern District of California issued a ruling denying Facebook's motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction a biometric-privacy-based class action. In re Facebook Biometric Information Privacy Litigation, 3:15-cv-03747 (N.D. Cal., Feb. 26, 2018). The ruling will likely have long-term implications for a company that collects, captures or stores biometric information.
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