Law firms in Miami and Los Angeles claim in a class action that the Google Photos service uses facial recognition technology that violates an Illinois biometric privacy law with stiff statutory penalties.

The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California claims Google failed to get the consent or written release required under Illinois’ 2008 Biometric Information Privacy Act requiring the collectors of unique identifiers to detail how they store and protect the sensitive information. 

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