Via AppleInsider
A $32.5 billion class-action lawsuit involving the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act and
iPhone Photos has been pared down, with the judge partially granting an Apple motion for summary judgment and decertifying one subclass.
Photos' facial features are at the heart of a privacy lawsuitIn
August, a lawsuit surfaced alleging that Apple violated the
Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA). It was claimed that Apple collected biometric data without user consent, via the Photos app.
However, in a September 30 filing by U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel, the class-action fight has been severely cut back. In a 34-page filing, the judge partially agrees with an Apple motion, while decertifying one of the subclasses in the suit.
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