Amazon May Be Unlawfully Using Its Facial Recognition Technology

Amazon May Be Unlawfully Using Its Facial Recognition Technology

By PPLAdmin / August 3, 2021

On May 12, 2021, a class-action suit was filed in an Illinois Circuit Court against the tech giant Amazon. The lawsuit alleged that Amazon violated multiple provisions of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) by collecting, storing, and analyzing “biometric identifiers” of Amazon Photos users and those appearing in their photos. “Biometric identifiers” are distinctive…

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