9th Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Face-Tagging Suit Against Facebook

Mealey's (June 17, 2019, 1:44 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Finding that the record established that Facebook Inc. did not use its facial recognition technology in the photo-uploading incident at the heart of a putative class action, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on June 14 affirmed judgment in the social network’s favor on a man’s claim that it violated an Illinois biometric privacy statute (Frederick William Gullen v. Facebook Inc., No. 18-15785, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 17969)....