Google settles Photos facial recognition lawsuit for $100 million
to pay $100 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing the company of violating Illinois' Biometric Information Protection Act through Photos'"Face Grouping" feature. The settlement will let you claim between $200 and $400 if you appeared in a picture on Photos between May 1st, 2015 and April 25th, 2022.
Google supposedly broke the law by collecting and analyzing faces without appropriate notice, asking for"informed" consent or sharing data retention policies with the public. Face Grouping is meant to help you find photos of given people by detecting faces and automatically organizing them into collections., and can object to the settlement terms before August 10th. The final approval hearing is slated for September 28th.
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