TikTok Hit With Class Complaints Over Collection Of Minors' Biometrics

Mealey's (May 11, 2020, 1:38 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — With the May 8 filing of a putative class complaint in California federal court by a group of minors, social network app company TikTok Inc. has been sued in three lawsuits for violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) for the surreptitious collection and retention of users' biometric identifiers without consent or notice (P.S., et al. v. TikTok Inc., et al., No. 3:20-cv-02992, N.D. Calif., E.R., et al. v. TikTok Inc., et al., No. 1:20-cv-02810, N.D. Ill.; D.M., et al. v. TikTok Inc., et al., No. 3:20-cv-03185, N.D. Calif.)....