Google's Face Grouping Allegedly Collected and Analyzed Users' Facial Structure without Consent, Violated BIPA
Description
A class-action lawsuit alleged Google failing to provide notice, obtain informed written consent, or publish data retention policies about the collection, storage, and analysis of its face-grouping feature in Google Photos, which violated Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
Actors
Alleged Deployers
Alleged Developers
Harmed Parties
- illinois-residents
- google-photos-users-residing-in-illinois
- google-photos-users
- privacy
- biometric-data-subjects
Classification
Risk Domain
Privacy & SecurityRisk Subdomain
2.1. Compromise of privacy by obtaining, leaking or correctly inferring sensitive information
MIT Risk Profile
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