Case Against Clearview AI and Calif. Law Enforcement Defendants Joins MDL
A lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California will now proceed as part of the consumer privacy multidistrict litigation (MDL) ongoing in t...
A lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California will now proceed as part of the consumer privacy multidistrict litigation (MDL) ongoing in the Northern District of Illinois. In Tuesday's decision , the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) overrode the plaintiffs' contentions about the dissimilarity of the suits in ruling that transfer would serve the overall interests of convenience and efficiency. The California action accused Clearview of scraping the internet for photographs of the plaintiffs, analyzing them, then creating a searchable database allowing users to identify individuals by uploading a photograph, all without the plaintiffs' consent.