Sprawling biometric privacy legal assault on camera maker churns on

A U.S. privacy case in state court that accuses a Chinese surveillance camera maker of “corporate voyeurism” has been narrowed to the benefit of the defendant. More generally, the defendant is accused of making false product claims.

Anker Innovations, maker of the Eufy camera, is accused in an Illinois federal court of violating the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act and other consumer laws.

It allegedly collects and holds face biometrics in violation of BIPA.

The judge in the case has …

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