Supreme Court Declines to Take Up Facebook Face-Scanning Suit

January 22, 2020 |Privacy

The Supreme Court denied Facebook certiorari Tuesday in a class-action lawsuit claiming its face-scanning technology violates Illinois privacy law. TechFreedom and Consumer Data Industry Association urged the court to strike down the suit, in Facebook v. Nimesh Patel et al., No. 19-706 (see 2001060012). The company declined to comment.