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Apple loses bid to scuttle facial-recognition privacy claims under US judge's decision

By Mike Swift ( November 13, 2020, 22:43 GMT | Insight) -- Apple will be forced to defend claims that the Photos app pre-installed on the iPhone and its other mobile devices violated a 2008 Illinois biometric privacy law that has been invoked against a long list of technology companies, following a US federal judge's denial of Apple’s motion to dismiss the suit.Apple will be forced to defend claims that the Photos app pre-installed on the iPhone and its other mobile devices violated a 2008 Illinois biometric privacy law that has been invoked against a long list of technology companies, following a US federal judge's denial of Apple’s motion to dismiss the suit....

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