Meta sued for unlawful use of biometric data without user consent

The lawsuit alleged that Facebook unlawfully captured and stored millions of biometric identifiers of its users for commercial purpose.

The U.S. state of Texas has sued Meta, formerly Facebook, for using biometric data of several users without their consent to build the company’s AI feature.

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The lawsuit alleged that Facebook unlawfully captured and stored millions of biometric identifiers of its users for commercial purpose. These include retina scan, fingerprint and voiceprint, record of hand, face geometry of users contained in photos and videos uploaded by friends and family using the social media app. And that it failed to destroy these records within a reasonable time.