Snap Reaches $35M Settlement in Privacy Lawsuit Over Lenses
August 25, 2022
Snap has agreed on a settlement of $35 million in an Illinois class action lawsuit over its use of facial recognition.
The state alleged that Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, had fallen foul of the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by collecting and storing biometric data of users who used it lenses and filters — without their consent.
As reported by Engadget, residents of Illinois…
