United States of America: Civil lawsuit involving alleged violation of Biometric Information Protection Act through employment of facial recognition and fingerprint scanning features (Barnett v Apple Inc)
Progress
Current status
concluded
23 Dec 2022 concluded
Scope
Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: internet and telecom services
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
subnational
Timeline of events
Issued ruling stating Apple's biometric features do not violate the Biometric Information Protection Act
On 23 December 2022, an Illinois Appellate Court ruled that Apple's biometric unlock features on its mobile devices, such as fingerprint scanning and Face ID recognition, do not violate the Illinois Biometric Information Protection Act (BIPA). The r…
Event type
civil lawsuit
Action type
closure
Government branch
judiciary
Government body
court