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Plaintiffs seek summary judgment in Facebook facial recognition case

( March 16, 2018, 23:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Plaintiffs have asked US District Judge James Donato to grant summary judgment in favor of its claims that Facebook’s automated service to "tag" the identity of people in uploaded photographs using biometric facial recognition software violates an Illinois privacy law. They say that the Biometric Information Privacy Act expressly prohibits the collection of a person’s biometric data without prior written consent.See document below....

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