Court clears path for multibillion-dollar Apple biometric privacy lawsuit.
The iPhone maker is facing a potential $32.5 billion class-action lawsuit accusing the company of collecting biometric information through its Photos app without proper notice or consent.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently denied Apple permission to immediately appeal a lower court decision certifying the case as a class action. The denial leaves the certification order in place, allowing proceedings to continue in district court, where plaintiffs must still prove that Apple violated Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
The lawsuit…
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