Apple Photos faceprint privacy lawsuit pared down a bit, will continue

A federal judge partially granted Apple's motion for summary judgment in a $32.5 billion Illinois BIPA class action over faceprints in Photos, but decertified the iCloud subclass. The suit over alleged biometric data collection without consent continues.

• The class action is valued at $32.5 billion under Illinois BIPA
• The iCloud subclass was decertified; two others remain
• Apple won summary judgment on face crops lacking facial geometry
• iCloud encryption was rejected as a defense under BIPA