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Eugene

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Thu Aug 8, 2019, 07:40 PM Aug 2019

Facebook loses facial recognition appeal, must face privacy class action

Source: Reuters

BUSINESS NEWS AUGUST 8, 2019 / 1:20 PM / UPDATED 5 HOURS AGO

Facebook loses facial recognition appeal, must face privacy class action

Jonathan Stempel
3 MIN READ

(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) effort to undo a class action lawsuit claiming that it illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent.

The 3-0 decision from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco over Facebook’s facial recognition technology exposes the company to billions of dollars in potential damages to the Illinois users who brought the case.

It came as the social media company faces broad criticism from lawmakers and regulators over its privacy practices. Last month, Facebook agreed to pay a record $5 billion fine to settle a Federal Trade Commission data privacy probe.

“This biometric data is so sensitive that if it is compromised, there is simply no recourse,” Shawn Williams, a lawyer for plaintiffs in the class action, said in an interview. “It’s not like a Social Security card or credit card number where you can change the number. You can’t change your face.”

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-privacy-lawsuit/facebook-loses-facial-recognition-appeal-must-face-privacy-class-action-idUSKCN1UY2BZ
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Facebook loses facial recognition appeal, must face privacy class action (Original Post) Eugene Aug 2019 OP
Good news. (nt) klook Aug 2019 #1
The problem with huge corporations is you can't even sue them... Thomas Hurt Aug 2019 #2

Thomas Hurt

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2. The problem with huge corporations is you can't even sue them...
Thu Aug 8, 2019, 08:18 PM
Aug 2019

into changing their bee ess business practices, when losing a few billion causes them to yawn.

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