The Northern District of Ohio recently granted summary judgment to Ancestry.com in a putative class action asserting that Ancestry.com violated plaintiff’s rights to publicity and privacy by using his yearbook photos in marketing materials without consent. See Wilson v. Ancestry.com, 2024 WL 3992356 (N.D. Ohio Aug. 27, 2024).Continue Reading Ohio Federal Court Grants Summary Judgment on Right of Publicity and Invasion of Privacy Claims Involving Yearbook Photos
Françoise Djoukeng
Fran Djoukeng is a commercial litigator who helps innovative companies in the technology, consumer products, pharmaceutical and other sectors navigate intellectual property disputes.
Previously, Fran clerked for the Honorable Ryan D. Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for the Honorable Percy Anderson of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Illinois Federal Court Partially Dismisses Wiretapping, BIPA Claims Involving Home Security Products
By Françoise Djoukeng & Kathryn Cahoy on
Posted in Data Privacy and Cybersecurity, Technology
The District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently granted in part a motion to dismiss a putative class action complaint asserting wiretapping, Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), and consumer protection claims relating to their eufy home security cameras and video doorbells (the “Eufy Products”). See Sloan, et al. v. Anker Innovations Ltd., No. 22-CV-7174 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 9, 2024). Plaintiffs contend in their complaint that the Eufy Products applied a facial recognition program to differentiate images of known and unknown individuals within home security services and purportedly misrepresented data storage and encryption practices for the Eufy Products.Continue Reading Illinois Federal Court Partially Dismisses Wiretapping, BIPA Claims Involving Home Security Products