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F finance.biggo.com · · International

Meta Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Instagram Photos Used to Build Facial Recognition for Smart Glasses

Meta is facing a class action lawsuit alleging that the company used photos uploaded to Instagram to build facial recognition capabilities for its smart glasses. The suit implies that users who posted images had their data used for biometric AI development without meaningful consent.

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V Valley News Live · · International

Tennessee woman sues Fargo, detective over wrongful arrest tied to facial recognition error

A Tennessee woman has filed a lawsuit against the city of Fargo and a detective after she was wrongfully arrested based on a facial recognition misidentification. The case adds to a growing record of people — disproportionately women and people of color — caught in false matches generated by the technology.

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V Valley News Live · · International

Tennessee woman sues Fargo, ex-detective over wrongful arrest tied to facial recognition error

A Tennessee woman has filed a lawsuit against the city of Fargo and a former detective after she was wrongfully arrested based on a facial recognition misidentification. The case adds to a growing record of facial recognition errors leading to false arrests.

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F Futurism · · International

Meta Is Using Instagram Users' Photos to Build a Universal Facial Recognition System for Its Hated Smart Glasses, Class Action Lawsuit Claims

A class action lawsuit alleges that Meta is using photos uploaded by Instagram users to train a facial recognition system intended for its Ray-Ban smart glasses. The suit claims this use of personal images was not what users agreed to when they posted on the platform.

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D Data Protection Report · · International

Internet privacy updates: CalPrivacy fines data brokers, Colorado proposes new AI regulations

California's privacy regulator has issued fines against data brokers, while Colorado is moving forward with proposed rules to govern artificial intelligence. Both actions reflect continued momentum at the state level on consumer data and automated decision-making.

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P PYMNTS.com · · International

Meta Faces Lawsuit Over Smart Glasses Facial Recognition

Meta is facing a lawsuit connected to facial recognition capabilities in its smart glasses. The legal action suggests the glasses were used in ways that implicate biometric privacy rights.

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EFF — Deeplinks · · International

The High Crime of “LMAO”: How Cops Are Treating Mass Surveillance As a Joke

An investigation found that police officers are routinely entering meaningless or joke entries — like 'idk' or 'LMAO' — into the required justification fields when querying automated license plate reader networks that can pull data from tens of thousands of cameras at once. The findings suggest that audit logging requirements, meant to provide accountability for mass surveillance tools, are being ignored in practice.

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G Gizmodo · · International

Meta Faces a Class Action Lawsuit Over Planned Smart Glasses Facial Recognition

Meta is facing a class action lawsuit related to planned facial recognition capabilities in its smart glasses. The suit appears to target the company before such features are fully deployed, challenging the privacy implications of the technology.

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L Law Commentary · · International

Meta Sued Over Facebook, Instagram Photos Allegedly Used to Train AI and Facial Recognition

Meta is facing a lawsuit over allegations that photos uploaded to Facebook and Instagram were used to train its artificial intelligence systems and facial recognition technology without users' knowledge or consent.

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The Guardian — Tech · · International

US schools and police warn about viral ‘Cat in the Hat’ trend after teens’ arrests

A social media trend using distorted or AI-generated images of the Cat in the Hat character has spread across the US, with some posts used to make threats against schools and students. Several teenagers have been arrested or charged in connection with the posts, prompting warnings from schools and law enforcement.

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WIRED — AI · · International

Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems

A proposed class action lawsuit claims Meta scraped photos from Facebook and Instagram without permission to train its AI image-generation tools and develop an unreleased facial recognition feature called NameTag.

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The Guardian — Tech · · International

New Mexico lawyer fined for using AI-generated brief containing fabricated testimony

The New Mexico Supreme Court fined and held defense attorney Stephen Aarons in contempt after he submitted an appeal brief in a murder case that contained fabricated police testimony and invented witnesses generated by ChatGPT. Aarons said he used the AI tool to build what he described as a bulletproof summary, but did not verify the filing's accuracy before submitting it.

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EFF — Deeplinks · · International

Cold TAKE: Amazon's New Encryption Method Still Doesn't Deliver Real Privacy

Amazon introduced a new encryption feature for Ring cameras called Throw Away the Key Encryption, which shifts some control over video access toward users. Critics argue the approach still leaves Amazon holding temporary encryption keys, stopping well short of true end-to-end privacy protection.

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EPIC · · US Federal

The Atlantic: Rules Designed to Create Chaos

An executive order directed the Department of Homeland Security to create a mechanism for states to review citizenship lists of potential voters. DHS has not yet provided those lists, and the Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed suit to stop the agency from compiling or distributing them.

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Information Commissioner's Office · · UK

ICO statement on its investigation into Police Scotland

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has issued a statement regarding an investigation it opened into Police Scotland. No further details about the investigation's findings or scope are available from this disclosure.

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Y Yahoo · · International

Florida AG James Uthmeier sues Netflix over kids' data privacy

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed a lawsuit against Netflix, alleging the company violated children's data privacy laws. The specific claims and statutes cited have not been detailed in available reporting.

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EDPB · · EU

Failure to respect the rights of individuals: The CNIL fined EXTIA EUR 300 000

France's data protection authority, the CNIL, fined IT and engineering firm EXTIA €300,000 for violating individuals' rights under GDPR, including failures around transparency and the right to erasure. The case originated from complaints filed by former employees in 2024.

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EDPB · · EU

Failure to respect the rights of individuals: The CNIL fined EXTIA 300 000 EUR

France's data protection authority, the CNIL, fined IT and engineering firm EXTIA €300,000 following complaints from former employees about violations of transparency requirements and the right to erasure under GDPR. The July 2026 decision found the company failed to respect individuals' rights over their personal data.

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M MLex · · International

Grindr to pay £26 million to settle UK data privacy lawsuit

Grindr has agreed to pay £26 million to settle a data privacy lawsuit in the United Kingdom. The settlement resolves legal claims against the dating app, which has faced scrutiny over how it handled users' personal data.

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EPIC · · US Federal

Bloomberg Law: Government Data Buys Put at Risk by High Court’s Geofence Ruling

The Supreme Court's ruling limiting geofence warrants is now creating uncertainty around the government's broader practice of purchasing location and other personal data from commercial brokers for use in criminal and immigration investigations.

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noyb (None of Your Business) · · EU

SCHUFA insists on shadow database. noyb lawsuit now certain

German privacy group noyb will file an injunction against credit agency SCHUFA after the company rejected a cease-and-desist letter over its so-called shadow database. SCHUFA has publicly denied the allegations, and noyb is also inviting people to register interest in a potential class action.

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EFF — Deeplinks · · International

Cops Play Hide and Seek About Using Spy Tech to Avoid Scrutiny and Bad PR

Police departments across the United States are actively concealing their use of surveillance tools — including license plate readers, cell-site simulators, and facial recognition — by instructing officers to omit these technologies from reports and structuring records to evade public disclosure requests.

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The Record · · International

Grindr settles privacy lawsuit tied to disclosure of users’ HIV statuses for $35 million

Grindr has agreed to a $35 million settlement with UK users who sued the dating app over claims it shared their HIV status data without proper consent, in violation of British privacy law. The lawsuit was filed in April 2024.

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EPIC · · US Federal

LawNews: Protester Surveillance DHS Lawsuit: What a San Diego Parking Lot Reveals About Federal Power

A federal lawsuit filed July 24, 2026 by the Electronic Privacy Information Center and three individual plaintiffs from California, Minnesota, and South Carolina alleges that the Department of Homeland Security has been surveilling protesters and bystanders across the country.

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