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Class Action Suit Accuses Google of Stealing “Face Prints” Without Permission

In a case called Weiss v. Google Inc., plaintiff Joseph Weiss has filed a potential class action accusing Google of stealing “face templates” from Google Photos without permission. The case was filed in Illinois Northern District Court and accuses Google of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). BIPA regulates the collection, use, and storage of “biometric information” …