Instagram faces lawsuit over illegal harvesting of biometrics

In a new lawsuit, Facebook is accused of collecting, storing and profiting from the biometric data of more than 100 million Instagram users, without their knowledge or consent. — AP

Facebook Inc is facing new allegations that it illegally harvests the biometric data of users, this time in a lawsuit that targets the company’s photo-sharing app Instagram.

Last month, the social media company offered to pay US$650mil (RM2.73bil) to settle a lawsuit in which it was accused of illegally collecting biometric data through a photo-tagging tool provided to Facebook users.