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TechFreedom says Ninth Circuit should reconsider biometric privacy case against Facebook

( September 16, 2019, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: TechFreedom filed a brief urging the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to hold a panel rehearing in a case accusing Facebook of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. The non-profit says, “By holding that a violation of a state statute’s provisions concerning biometric data is, by itself, a concrete injury, the panel opens the door to virtually any plaintiff who can plausibly allege that a company violated its statutory duties — even where, as here, there is no allegation of any misuse or disclosure now or in the future.”See document below....

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