Security News > 2020 > April > Two schoolkids sue Google for collecting biometrics

Two schoolchildren have sued Google, alleging that it's illegally collecting their voiceprints, faceprints and other personally identifiable information.

In order to use those apps, the kids had to speak into the laptop's audio recording device so Google could record their voices, and they had to look into the laptop's camera so Google could scan their faces.

BIPA requires private entities - like Google - to first get our informed consent before collecting our biometrics, including faceprints and voiceprints.

They want Google to stop collecting the data and to destroy whatever data it has.

Like the BIPA lawsuit filed last week, Balderas accused Google of secretly collecting information including students' geolocation information, internet history, terms that students have searched for on Google, videos they've watched on YouTube, personal contact lists, saved passwords, voice recordings, and more, in violation of COPPA. Google had already been fined over blowing kids' privacy a few months prior to New Mexico's suit.

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