Google’s EdTech Data Raises Question for Illinois Privacy Law

Alphabet Inc.‘s Google must face a lawsuit from parents in Illinois who claim that the company’s educational technology tools invaded their children’s privacy by collecting data on their faces and voices.

The parents who sued Google can continue with their claims as the federal judge overseeing the case tries to tackle a key question about how a state privacy law governing this kind of information applies, according to a Thursday ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois.

It’s unclear whether the Biometric Information Privacy Act requires parents’ permission for gathering students’ data, Chief U.S. ...