Facebook sued over facial recognition, judge refuses to throw case out

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<p>‘Facebook’s motio to ismiss a laws it over its facial recog itio software was e ie o Fri ay, mea i g that the three sers who claim the social etwork’s photo-taggi g system violates their privacy will ow get a f ll heari g.</p>
<p>Carlo Licata, Nimesh Patel, a A am Peze allege i a laws it file with the Cook Co ty co rt o We es ay that Facebook’s biometric software violates Illi ois’s Biometric I formatio Privacy Act, which forbi s the collectio of fi gerpri ts or face pri ts witho t explicit permissio .</p>
<p>For those familiar, whe a perso ’s pict re is ploa e to the Facebook site, their facial geometry is calc late , recor e , a compare to biometric ata from other ser photos i Facebook’s atabase i or er to prompt s ggestio s of which specific perso is show for taggi g p rposes.’</p>
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