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Instead, the Plaintiffs and Google have agreed to settle the Action. “The Action has not gone to trial and the Court has not decided in favor of the Plaintiffs or Google. Anyone can submit a claim to qualify for a payment. It is estimated that a valid claim might net the receivers between $200 and $400, depending on the claim itself. The website representing the people behind the class actions claims that anyone who is an Illinois resident and, at any time between May 1, 2015, and April 25, 2022, appeared in a photograph in Google Photos, is eligible for a payout. The law requires businesses to get users’ consent before using their biometric data.Īccording to the Plaintiffs, Google ‘violated BIPA by obtaining, collecting, and storing, without adequate prior notice and consent, Illinois residents’ biometrics, which Google allegedly used to group photographs of similar faces that have been uploaded by the same Google Photos user, a feature called Face Grouping.’ The class-action lawsuit was filed over Google’s alleged violation of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The tech giant settled a class-action lawsuit alleging that the company violated Illinois law by collecting and storing biometric data of individuals without their proper notice and consent. Illinois residents who appeared in a photograph on Google Photos within the last seven years may receive money from Google.

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Make sure that you’re using the services for all accounts on which you wish to remain active. Google also explains further saying, “Activity is considered by account, not by device. Google says one simple way of keeping the account active is by “periodically” visiting “Gmail, Google Photos and Google Drive” on the web or through a Google app. Users can see the amount of Google Account storage space they have by going to Google One Storage. Even if the content is deleted, the user will still be able to sign into their Google Account. Users also have the option of downloading content from the service before it gets deleted. But Google says it will warn you before deleting the data.įor one, Google will give “notice using email and notifications within the Google products.” The company says it will contact the user “at least three months before content is eligible for deletion.” It will also give users the opportunity to avoid deletion by “becoming active in the product.” However, “Google One members who are within their storage quota and in good-standing will not be impacted by this new inactive policy,” says the company.