United States of America: Illinois class action lawsuit against Google for facial recognition features
Progress
Current status
in force
14 Apr 2022 in force
Scope
Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
subnational
Timeline of events
Google fined 100$ million for violation of the Biometric Information Privacy Act
Following Illinois residents' class-action lawsuit against Google for the use of facial recognition tools in Google Photos, Google has been found guilty of violating Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act with its face regrouping feature, which…
Event type
civil lawsuit
Action type
ruling
Government branch
judiciary
Government body
court