The Weekly Privacy Rewind - May 21, 2018

Class Actions

Facebook Users BIPA Suit to Go Forward

• Denying cross-motions for summary judgment, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the class action against Facebook for violating Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) will proceed to trial.
• According to the Court, the "voluminous submissions underscore the multitude of fact disputes that bar judgment as a matter of law for either side. That is particularly true for plaintiffs' motion, which effectively asks for entry of judgment in their favor on a record that they concede is often unsettled."
• Trial is scheduled for July 9, 2018.

Users of Under Armour's MyFitnessPal File Putative Class Action Over Breach