Apple Photos faceprint privacy lawsuit pared down a bit, will continue

A $32.5 billion class-action lawsuit involving the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act and iPhone Photos has been pared down, with the judge partially granting an Apple motion for summary judgment and decertifying one subclass.


In August, a lawsuit surfaced alleging that Apple violated the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA). It was claimed that Apple collected biometric data without user consent, via the Photos app.

However, in a September 30 filing by U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel, the class-action fight has been severely cut back. In a 34-page filing, the judge partially agrees with an Apple motion, while decertifying one of the subclasses in the suit.


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