Google Sued For Collecting Students' Biometric Data

[Brett_Tabke]

Farwell alleges that Google is violating the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act as well as the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. The federal law prohibits web companies from collecting personal data from children under 13 without their parents' permission, while the Illinois law prohibits the collection of biometric data -- including facial recognition scans and voice prints -- without the consent of users or their representatives.

[mediapost.com...]

[tangor]

Nature of the current beast and a reminder that ALL DATA is product and those who deal in it are rarely willing to give up ANY part of it.