Plaintiffs In Google Photos Biometric Suit Did Not Establish Injury, Judge Rules

Mealey's (January 2, 2019, 4:26 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois federal judge on Dec. 29 granted judgment in favor of Google LLC in a putative class action alleging violation of an Illinois biometrics law, finding that the plaintiffs failed to show any concrete injury in the collection of their facial biometric information via a cloud-based photo-sharing application (Lindabeth Rivera v. Google LLC, No. 1:16-cv-02714, and Joseph Weiss v. Google LLC, No. 1:16-cv-02870, N.D. Ill., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 217710)....