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Google reaches settlement in biometric privacy litigation over IBM data set

( October 10, 2025, 20:37 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex summary: Plaintiffs have filed a stipulation of dismissal in a class action alleging Google used an IBM facial-recognition data set, obtained from the photo-sharing service Flickr, to improve its facial recognition technologies in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The dismissal announces an unspecified settlement.See attached filing....

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