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The state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act hits Google for $100 million

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Illinois residents are eligible to receive part of a $100 million class-action settlement involving another tech giant.

As with the class-action complaint against Snapchat, Google was accused of violating the Biometric Information Privacy Act regarding its use of a face regrouping tool in the Google Photos app.

Google used the tool to sort faces it spots in photographs by similarity. However, according to the suit, the company did not receive consent from millions of users before using the technology.

As a result, Illinois residents who appeared in a photo on the app between May 1, 2015, and April 25, 2022, may be eligible for payment.

Face grouping info is here.

posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 9:34 am

Comments

I’m losing track of all the checks I’m getting from tech companies. While not a class action but an individual case, I also have a check floating around from a more minor player social media company. I’ll take this as a reminder that I should probably get around to depositing it today.

Comment by TheInvisibleMan Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 10:24 am
There’s a Snapchat class-action litigation going on under BIPA as well
https://www.openclassactions.com/settlement_snapchat.php

Comment by Google Is Your Friend Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 10:44 am
Less than Facebook but I’ll file anyway thank you BIPA.

Comment by Nick Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 10:49 am
I hope they don’t take away this feature. It is super useful to quickly find photos of people, such as for a graduation celebration or a funeral visitation. It even works with pets, places, objects, colors, and text in photos.

Comment by thechampaignlife Thursday, Jun 2, 22 @ 10:06 pm