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

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Incident Date

2015-05-01

Editors

Khoa Lam

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Known AI Goal

Data Grouping

Potential AI Technology

Clustering, Face Detection

Potential AI Technical Failure

Unauthorized Data

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Google to pay $100 million to Illinois residents for Photos’ face grouping feature

theverge.com

Saturday is the last day for Illinois residents to claim a cut of $100 million Google Photos privacy settlement

chicagotribune.com

Google has agreed to pay $100 million to Illinois residents to settle a class-action lawsuit over one of its facial recognition features in Google Photos (via Gizmodo). The complaint alleges Google’s face grouping tool, which automatically …

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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Variants

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