Instagram agrees to pay $68.5 million in Illinois biometric privacy settlement
Millions of Illinois Instagram users may be eligible for a cut of a new $68.5 million class-action biometric privacy settlement. The lawsuit alleges facial recognition technology used on the app until November 2021 violated Illinois’ biometric privacy law, which is considered the strictest in the nation. Any person who used Instagram while in Illinois between Aug. 10, 2015, and Aug. 16, 2023, ...
by Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune
Jul 18, 2023
1 minute
Millions of Illinois Instagram users may be eligible for a cut of a new $68.5 million class-action biometric privacy settlement.
The lawsuit alleges facial recognition technology used on the app until November 2021 violated Illinois’
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