Incident 254: Google’s Face Grouping Allegedly Collected and Analyzed Users’ Facial Structure without Consent, Violated BIPA
Description: A class-action lawsuit alleged Google failing to provide notice, obtain informed written consent, or publish data retention policies about the collection, storage, and analysis of its face-grouping feature in Google Photos, which violated Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Google developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Google Photos users residing in Illinois , Google Photos users and Illinois residents.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
254
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2015-05-01
Editors
Khoa Lam
GMF Taxonomy Classifications
Taxonomy DetailsKnown AI Goal
An AI Goal which is almost certainly pursued by the AI system referenced in the incident.
Data Grouping
Potential AI Technology
An AI Method / Technology which probably is a part of the implementation of the AI system referenced in the incident.
Clustering, Face Detection
Potential AI Technical Failure
An AI Technical Failure which probably contributes to the AI system failure referenced in the incident.
Unauthorized Data
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
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theverge.com · 2022
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Google has agreed to pay $100 million to Illinois residents to settle a class-action lawsuit over one of its facial recognition features in Google Photos (via Gizmodo). The complaint alleges Google’s face grouping tool, which automatically …
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chicagotribune.com · 2022
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Illinois residents have until Saturday to submit claims for their cut of a $100 million class-action settlement reached this spring in a lawsuit against Google over alleged violations of the state’s biometric privacy law.
Anyone who appeare…
Variants
A "variant" is an incident that shares the same causative factors, produces similar harms, and involves the same intelligent systems as a known AI incident. Rather than index variants as entirely separate incidents, we list variations of incidents under the first similar incident submitted to the database. Unlike other submission types to the incident database, variants are not required to have reporting in evidence external to the Incident Database. Learn more from the research paper.