"Illinois court denies Clearview AI’s motion to dismiss privacy lawsuit"

From Jurist:

The Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois denied Clearview AI’s motion to dismiss an ACLU privacy lawsuit on Friday. Clearview AI (“Clearview”) is an American facial recognition company founded in 2017. The company sells access to over three billion indexed images to law enforcement and commercial organizations. Access allows for individuals to match provided photographs with others found online and find identifying information about individuals in the picture.

Plaintiffs, the ACLU joined by four other organizations, allege that Clearview has violated the Illinois Biometric Information and Privacy Act (BIPA). BIPA requires private entities to inform individuals who have their biometric data collected. Moreover, BIPA requires “written release executed by the subject of the biometric information” as well as information regarding storage, purpose, and length of the collection to be furnished to that subject. Plaintiffs seek an order requiring Clearview to destroy the collected information. They also seek Clearview’s future compliance with BIPA, as well as attorneys’ fees and costs.