The eligible Illinois residents could receive hundreds of dollars of compensation (if they choose to sign up).
The time is running out for those who are eligible Illinois people to get a portion of a settlement settlement from Google.
Anyone who lived inside The Prairie State between May 1, 2015 , and the 25th of April, 2022, who was featured in an image from photo on Google Photos image has one remaining week to apply(Opens in an entirely new window) to receive a portion of the settlement fund.
The lawsuit(Opens in an entirely new window) that was filed in 2016 claims that Google Photos’ Face Grouping tool infringed on the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by recording and storing information regarding people’s faces without notification and consent. Google did not, according to the lawsuit, to inform users about the purpose for which the data was used for (among other conditions) and later settled the case with the court for $100 million(Opens in the fresh window).
A spokesperson for the company told CNET(Opens in an entirely brand new tab) the Face Grouping, which lets users arrange pictures of the same individual with facial recognition algorithms “is not visible for you, and it is possible to disable this feature at any time if you wish to.”
The plaintiffs who are eligible could be awarded up to $400, however the exact amount in cash will differ by individual and will depend on the amount of claims that are valid (and allowances to cover court-approved court-approved fees, costs and other expenses).
It’s been a record year for Illinoisans over one million who in the last year received a settlement of $397 from Facebook. The social media giant in 2021 has agreed to pay $650 million to stop an action in a class-action lawsuit alleging of storing and storing biometric information without consent.
Snapchat has, in turn, recently agreed(Opens in the New window) to a $33 million settlement in a class action resolving concerns that certain features violate BIPA. The deadline for filing an action is November. 5; the final hearing on the approval process will be held on Nov. 17.
