Incident 254: Google’s Face Grouping Allegedly Collected and Analyzed Users’ Facial Structure without Consent, Violated BIPA

Description: A class-action lawsuit alleged Google failing to provide notice, obtain informed written consent, or publish data retention policies about the collection, storage, and analysis of its face-grouping feature in Google Photos, which violated Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).

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Alleged: Google developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Google Photos users residing in Illinois , Google Photos users and Illinois residents.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
254
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2015-05-01
Editors
Khoa Lam
Applied Taxonomies
GMF, CSETv1, MIT

GMF Taxonomy Classifications

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Known AI Goal Snippets

(Snippet Text: The complaint alleges Google’s face grouping tool, which automatically identifies your face in photos and videos uploaded to Photos, violates Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)., Related Classifications: Data Grouping)

CSETv1 Taxonomy Classifications

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Incident Number

254

MIT Taxonomy Classifications

Machine-Classified
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Risk Subdomain

2.1. Compromise of privacy by obtaining, leaking or correctly inferring sensitive information

Risk Domain

  1. Privacy & Security

Entity

AI

Timing

Post-deployment

Intent

Unintentional

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chicagotribune.com · 2022

Illinois residents have until Saturday to submit claims for their cut of a $100 million class-action settlement reached this spring in a lawsuit against Google over alleged violations of the state’s biometric privacy law.

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