Estee Lauder and several of the company's subsidiary cosmetics brands were hit with a biometric privacy class action Tuesday in Illinois Northern District Court. The court action accuses Estee Lauder, Bobby Brown, Smashbox Beauty and Two Faced Cosmetics of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by collecting and storing the facial scans of visitors who use virtual try-on features on the defendants' websites. The lawsuit was brought by a trio of law firms: DiCello Levitt Gutzler; Don Bivens PLLC; and Hausfeld. Counsel have not yet appeared for the defendants. The case is 1:22-cv-05713, Castelaz et al v. The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. et al.
Retail & Consumer Goods
October 18, 2022, 4:10 PM