This lawsuit seems dead on arrival.<p>From the article (emphasis my own):<p>"""
The suit alleges that Google is violating BIPA because it is “actively collecting, storing, and using—without providing notice, obtaining informed written consent or publishing data retention policies—the biometrics of millions of unwitting individuals <i>whose faces appear in photographs</i> uploaded to Google Photos in Illinois
"""<p>From the text of the BIPA law (again, emphasis my own):<p>"""
Biometric identifiers do not include writing samples, written signatures, <i>photographs</i>...
"""<p>This interpretation of BIPA would seem to require complex written consent for every corner store running a security camera and every wedding photographer, which clearly isn't the intent of the law. Since the law explicitly carves out photographs, the use to which Google is putting the material in question should be irrelevant; it's explicitly excluded from this law's coverage.