Vietnamese Internet activist Nguyen Lan Thang looks at a Facebook page at a cafe in Hanoi November 27, 2013, file photo. The personal data gathering abilities of Google GOOG.O, Facebook FB.O and other tech companies has sparked growing unease among Americans, with a majority worried that Internet companies are encroaching too much upon their lives, a new poll showed, April 4, 2014. REUTERS/Kham/Files (VIETNAM - Tags: POLITICS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)
SAN FRANCISCO: A US judge rejected a request by Facebook to toss out a civil suit accusing it of violating privacy with face-recognition software to help “tag” people in pictures.
A lawsuit filed by three Illinois residents under the auspices of the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act can proceed, US District Court Judge James Donato said.
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