Patel v. Facebook Inc.

JAMES DONATO, United States District Judge

In this putative class action case under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, 740 Ill. Comp. Stat. 14/1 et seq. ("BIPA"), named plaintiffs allege that defendant Facebook, Inc. ("Facebook") unlawfully collected and stored their biometric data without prior notice or consent. Dkt. No. 40. Facebook asks to dismiss the case under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins , --- U.S. ----, 136 S.Ct. 1540, 194 L.Ed.2d 635 (2016) ( Spokeo I ) on the ground that plaintiffs have failed to allege a concrete injury in fact.…