{
  "id": 15604701,
  "title": "Apple Photos faceprint privacy lawsuit pared down a bit, will continue",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/apple-photos-faceprint-privacy-lawsuit-pared-down-a-bit-will-continue",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T12:28:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AppleInsider",
    "slug": "appleinsider",
    "url": "https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/10/19/apple-photos-faceprint-privacy-lawsuit-pared-down-a-bit-will-continue"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A $32.5 billion class-action lawsuit involving the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act and iPhone Photos has been pared down, with the judge partially granting an Apple motion for summary judgment and decertifying one subclass. Photos' facial features are at the heart of a privacy lawsuit In August , a lawsuit surfaced alleging that Apple violated the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA). It was…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}