Tesla settles privacy case while Amazon and Facebook are frozen in place with theirs

Of three recent turns in U.S. biometric privacy lawsuits, only one, a settlement, has much to do with privacy itself.

A case in the state of Washington involving Amazon’s alleged storage of people’s biometric data without the consent.

Amazon shareholders sued their board for inaction about the allegedly illegal storage. (They also sued over anti-trust concerns. Both issues allegedly harmed share prices.)

A U.S. district judge said the plaintiffs had not been persuasive in arguing that the directors should …

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