Google will pay Illinois residents $100 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of violating Illinois’ privacy act
Meta isn’t the only tech giant that’s had to loosen up their wallets because of the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act. Earlier this year Google agreed to pay $100 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accuses the company of allegedly violating the state’s privacy law by analyzing users’ faces in its Google Photos app without proper consent. Illinois residents who appear in those Google Photos between May 1st, 2015, and April 25th, 2022 are eligible to receive somewhere between $200 and $400.
