Plaintiffs Oppose Google’s Motion To Dismiss ‘Google Photos’ Biometrics Suit

Mealey's (July 8, 2016, 11:35 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Two plaintiffs that filed putative class complaints alleging that Google Inc. violated Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) via facial recognition capability in its “Google Photos” feature, filed a brief on July 1 in Illinois federal court opposing Google’s motion to dismiss, arguing that the Internet giant violated the statute by collecting their biometric identifiers without their consent (Lindabeth Rivera v. Google Inc., No. 1:16-cv-02714, and Joseph Weiss v. Google Inc., No. 1:16-cv-02870, N.D. Ill.)....