Google to pay fine for violating privacy rules
The company reached an economic settlement because it violated the Biometric Information Privacy Act of Illinois, United States, in the use of its Photos service
Google has reached an economic settlement in which it has agreed to pay $100 million for violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act in the use of its Photos service.
Google Photos is a photo and video sharing computer application that also offers storage options, and features a tool for grouping photos of similar faces.
To do this, the application collects data on facial geometry to determine the similarities and differences between the people photographed, something that would have violated the legislation of this North American state, according to Gizmodo.
This is because the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act requires that any private company that collects biometric data such as fingerprints, voice, or hand, retina, or face scans must provide a policy for using that information.
This must be public and must establish how long the data collected by the application will be kept, as well as the date on which it will be destroyed or deleted.
Google would have violated this law by not informing users that it was collecting their biometric data, for which it faced a class action lawsuit that led to a settlement of 100 million dollars.
Affected Google Photos users from that North American state may claim their corresponding compensation provided they have used this Google service between May 1, 2015, and April 25, 2022.
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Source: dpa
