Cases
Decisions and rulings on face search and biometric data
Regulator decisions and court rulings on face search engines and biometric data.
- United States 6
- European Union 6
- United Kingdom 1
- Canada 1
- Australia 1
- Other 1
Source: This wiki's case entries
2026
- Baden-Wurttemberg data protection authority v PimEyes (Germany) Baden-Wurttemberg's LfDI inquiry into PimEyes: opened 2021, fine proceeding from December 2022, the move to the Seychelles, and no published decision by 2026. Landesbeauftragter fur den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit Baden-Wurttemberg (LfDI) · pending
- Meta Platforms v Joy Timeline HK Limited (CrushAI) Meta v Joy Timeline (CrushAI), filed June 2025 in Hong Kong: a platform suing a nudify app maker over evaded ads, the 2026 enforcement wave, and its pending status. District Court of Hong Kong · pending
2025
2024
2023
- Cothron v. White Castle System, Inc. Cothron v. White Castle (2023 IL 128004): a BIPA claim accrues on every scan. The per-scan ruling that triggered the 2024 amendment and a USD 9.4 million settlement. Illinois Supreme Court, on a certified question from the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · settled
- FTC v Rite Aid (facial recognition surveillance order) FTC v Rite Aid: the December 2023 complaint over store facial recognition, the five-year ban, the safeguards the order requires, and what it signals. United States Federal Trade Commission; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey (approval of the order in Rite Aid's Chapter 11 case) · settled
2022
- ACLU v Clearview AI (Illinois BIPA settlement) ACLU v Clearview AI: the 2020 BIPA suit, the 2022 settlement banning sales to private companies, and the federal class action whose settlement was vacated in 2026. Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois; United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (In re Clearview AI Consumer Privacy Litigation); United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · settled
- CNIL v Clearview AI (France) CNIL v Clearview AI: the 2021 formal notice, the EUR 20 million fine of October 2022, the EUR 5.2 million overdue penalty of 2023, and the enforcement gap. Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertes (CNIL), restricted committee · final
- Garante v Clearview AI (Italy) Garante v Clearview AI: Italy's EUR 20 million fine of 2022, the ban on collecting Italian residents' faces, the deletion order, and the first EU decision. Garante per la protezione dei dati personali · final
- Hellenic DPA v Clearview AI (Greece) Hellenic DPA v Clearview AI: Greece's EUR 20 million fine of July 2022 after a Homo Digitalis complaint, the ban and deletion order, and its place in the EU. Hellenic Data Protection Authority (Archi Prostasias Dedomenon Prosopikou Charaktira) · final
- Information Commissioner v Clearview AI (United Kingdom) ICO v Clearview AI: the GBP 7.5 million fine, the 2023 tribunal loss, the October 2025 Upper Tribunal judgment, and the Court of Appeal stage pending in 2026. Information Commissioner's Office; First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber); Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber); Court of Appeal · pending
2021
- OAIC v Clearview AI (Australia) OAIC v Clearview AI: Australia's 2021 determination, the 2023 tribunal decision affirming it, and the August 2024 decision not to pursue further action. Office of the Australian Information Commissioner; Administrative Appeals Tribunal · final
- Privacy Commissioners v Clearview AI (Canada) Canada's joint Clearview AI findings of 2021, the provincial orders that followed, and the British Columbia court decisions that upheld them through 2025. Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada with the Commission d'acces a l'information du Quebec, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta; British Columbia Supreme Court and Court of Appeal · final
2019
- Facebook BIPA settlement (USD 650 million) The Facebook BIPA case: Tag Suggestions, the 2019 Ninth Circuit standing ruling, the USD 650 million settlement of 2021, and what it set for consent. United States District Court for the Northern District of California (Judge James Donato); United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · settled
- Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corp. Rosenbach v. Six Flags (2019 IL 123186): a procedural BIPA violation is enough to sue, no further harm needed. The ruling behind Illinois biometric class actions. Illinois Supreme Court, on appeal from the Appellate Court, Second District, and the Circuit Court of Lake County · settled