Civil Litigation
Feb. 4, 2020
Facebook reaches largest privacy class action settlement
In what is the largest privacy class action settlement to date, Facebook Inc. announced that it will settle a high-profile lawsuit filed against it by a class of Illinois Facebook users who alleged that Facebook violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.
Amanda Fitzsimmons
Partner
DLA Piper LLP
Amanda is a partner in the firm's San Diego office. She provides legal and strategic advice to domestic and multinational clients, both publicly and privately held, in a broad range of industries, including technology, healthcare, pharmaceutical, apparel, and consumer products regarding privacy, cybersecurity, antitrust and competition, and class action issues.
In what is the largest privacy class action settlement to date, Facebook Inc. announced last week that it will settle a high-profile lawsuit filed against it by a class of Illinois Facebook users who alleged that Facebook violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), 740 Ill. Comp. Stat. 14/1 et seq. (2008) for $550 million. In the case, Patel v. Facebook, Inc.<...
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