( November 12, 2020, 19:46 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Apple will have to face a claim that the facial recognition feature in its Photos app violates the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, US District Judge Nancy J. Rosenstengel in the Southern District of Illinois has found. Rosenstengle sent two BIPA claims back to Illinois state court for lack of jurisdiction, but the plaintiffs’ allegation that Apple's Photo app violates the law by collecting and storing their biometric information without their consent survived. "The Court accepts as true Plaintiffs’ allegations that Apple collected, possessed, and exercised exclusive control over the biometric data extracted from Plaintiffs’ photos within the Photos app, and that Apple did not obtain Plaintiffs’ consent in doing so," Rosenstengel said.See document below....
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