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Appeals panel: Facebook must face class action under IL privacy law over face-scanning photo tags

By Jonathan Bilyk | Thursday, Aug 8, 2019 @ 1:36pm

Facebook will need to face a class action under Illinois’ biometrics privacy law for its face-tagging technology, as a federal appeals court in California rejected both the social media giant’s attempt to argue the plaintiffs couldn’t prove they were actually harmed by the program, and Facebook’s contention a class action would dissolve into a pool of “mini-trials” over individual Illinois residents’ claims.