Takeaways from recent Meta BIPA decision: What companies need to know

By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney

Recently, a California federal court issued a notable decision in a pending Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) class action dispute involving Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) and its purported use of its users’ voice recordings in Delgado v. Meta Platforms, Inc., No. 23 CV 4181, 2024 WL 818344 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 27, 2024).

The Delgado decision illustrates the broad scope of exposure faced by companies …

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