Instagram Could Face Up to $500B in Fines in Class-Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Illegally Harvested Biometric Data

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Instagram is accused of illegally harvesting people’s biometric data without their knowledge or consent in a new class action lawsuit filed against Facebook, Instagram’s parent company. The lawsuit, Whalen v. Facebook, claims that Instagram has a face-tagging tool that uses facial recognition to identify people and create a “face template” that is stored in its… Continue reading Instagram Could Face Up to $500B in Fines in Class-Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Illegally Harvested Biometric Data