Snapchat agreed to pay $35 million to settle lawsuits involving lenses and filters
The Illinois Information Privacy Act added yet another victim to its corporate naughty list last week. Snap, Snapchat’s parent company, agreed to a $35 million settlement in response to a class action lawsuit alleging Snapchat’s filter and lenses features violated the privacy act by collecting biometric data without users’ consent.
The settlement applies to Illinois residents who use filters or lenses since November 17th, 2022. Those users could receive somewhere between $58 and $117 in payments. Snap maintains its features do not collect biometric data that are able to identify individuals.
