Image Recognition
Martell is accusing X Corp of alleged violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, as it relates to facial recognition scans performed on all photo uploads to Twitter. The BIPA law allegedly requires that private entities, such as Twitter, obtain informed written consent from individuals before acquiring their biometrics. in writing (1) that a biometric identifier or biometric information is being collected or stored; (2) of the specific purpose and length of for which information is being captured, collected, stored, and used; and (3) receives a written release executed by the subject of the biometric identifier or biometric information . In Illinois, class action lawsuits under the BIPA law have piled into court by the thousands since 2015. When multiplied over millions of Twitter users in Illinois, damages could quickly climb into the many millions or even billions of dollars, under the rules laid down by the Illinois Supreme Court.