Millions of Illinois Apple users can sue over facial recognition, US judge rules
By Maria Dinzeo ( June 5, 2026, 22:08 GMT | Insight) -- Apple will have to face a sweeping class action alleging it collected the biometric identifiers of millions of Apple device and iCloud users in Illinois, a US federal judge has ruled.Apple will have to face a sweeping class action alleging it collected the biometric identifiers of millions of Apple device and iCloud users in Illinois, a US federal judge has ruled....
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