Google lawsuit for collecting biometrics without consent revived in Canada

The British Columbia Court of Appeal says Yeremia Situmorang, who filed a civil claim alleging pictures of his children taken on his Android phone were automatically uploaded to Google Photos without his consent, can go back to the B.C. Supreme Court to try and certify his class action suit against the tech giant for the non-consensual collection of face biometrics.

A court document states Situmorang’s argument that “facial biometric data is intrinsically sensitive personal information, akin to an individual’s DNA …

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