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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> Facebook Readies for Battle Over Biometrics

By Ross Todd
August 31, 2015

Facebook Inc. will have home court advantage in a trio of privacy class actions claiming the company violated an Illinois law governing the collection of biometric data with its 'tag suggestion' feature.

The suits, which were filed in Illinois courts this spring by high-profile plaintiffs firms, claim that Facebook's use of facial recognition technology violates a 2008 Illinois law regulating the way companies use technologies that analyze individuals' unique physical characteristics to identify and track them. In late July a federal judge in Chicago transferred the suits to the Northern District of California where this week they began appearing on the docket of U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James.

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