Is the collection of an individual’s biometric data in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act enough to establish standing in federal court?

That’s one of the questions that a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit grappled with Wednesday in considering whether Facebook should face a federal class action for failing to get written consent from Illinois users before creating facial maps to fuel its “tag suggestions” feature.

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