Google has agreed to pay 100 million to Illinois residents to settle a class-action lawsuit over one of its facial recognition qualities in Google photos. The complaint alleges Google’s face grouping tool which automatically identifies your face in photos and videos uploaded to photos violates the Illinois information privacy act.
Introduced in 2008 the BIPA bars companies from collecting and storing any sort of biometric data including a retina or iris scan fingerprint voice print or scan of hand or face geometrical without making an individual aware in writing about why it is collecting this kind of data as well as how long it plans on storing it. Google is in direct violation of this law the complaint claims as it collects a person’s facial structure in connection with its face grouping qualities without providing notice obtaining informed written consent or publishing data retention policies. thumbs up to Illinois residents
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Google agreed to a 100 million payout as a result of the class action suit and it is required to provide users with a notice about the face grouping qualities. So if you are an Illinois resident who appeared in a photo or video on Google photos between may 1st 2016 and April 25, 2022, u have until september 24th 2022 to submit a claim on the settlement website.
Illinois is a midwestern state bordering Indiana in the east and the Mississippi River in the west. Nicknamed “the Prairie State,” it’s marked by farmland, forests, rolling hills and wetlands. Chicago, one of the largest cities in the U.S, is in the northeast on the shores of Lake Michigan. It’s famous for its skyscrapers, such as sleek, 1,451-ft. Willis Tower and the neo-Gothic Tribune Tower.
