The suit had been filed in March 2016. The complainants wanted over $5 million for state residents, with $5,000 for each purposeful violation and $1,000 for each unintentional violation.

It’s not certain the case would have succeeded had it moved forward. Google uses facial recognition in Photos to help you search for familiar people and pets, and it can only associate names with faces when you label them yourself. The Biometric Information Privacy Act requires consent for collecting personal identifiers, but it’s not apparent that the information is truly identifying.