Plaintiffs Defend Article III Standing In Facebook Biometric Class Action

Mealey's (October 30, 2017, 12:27 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In an Oct. 26 brief opposing Facebook Inc.’s dismissal motion, the plaintiffs in a putative class action alleging violation of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) via a photo-tagging feature tell a California federal court that they established standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution due to Facebook’s invasion of their concrete, statutorily protected privacy rights (In re Facebook Biometric Information Privacy Litigation, No. 3:15-cv-03747, N.D. Calif.)....