Did You Know That Facebook Collects Your Biometric Data? Lawsuit Update

You might want to know about a lawsuit in Illinois, filed by Facebook users against the social network company. Suing under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), they allege that the company unlawfully collects and stores users’ biometric data derived from their faces in photographs. Yesterday, a court kept the lawsuit alive by rejecting Facebook’s efforts to dismiss the lawsuit.

Just wondering… how does Facebook use this data? Likely, they sell or commercialize it. Perhaps they track users to add a razor-point method of targeting ads to our cell phones. It feels like Big Brother in the guise of free enterprise. ProfLERoy will track and report this litigation. Now, if I close my eyes in your photos, you’ll know why!