Google Beats Privacy Class Action Over Use of IBM Photo Database

Google LLC defeated a proposed class action alleging it used a database of photos compiled by International Business Machines Corp. in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.

Steven Vance and Tim Janecyk alleged that Google failed to give them notice or obtain their consent before obtaining and making use of their photos, and had illegally profited from them, but Judge Beth Labson Freeman of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said March 15 that the Illinois statute didn’t cover their claims because it didn’t apply ...