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Google Might Owe You Money for Your Face if You Live in Illinois

GizModo VR

The tech company has settled for $100 million following a class action lawsuit in Illinois over data privacy concerns from users of the Google Photos app. Google took another hit today. Read more.

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Amazon Faces Allegations It Harvested and Stored Sensitive Voice Data

GizModo VR

Amazon is being hit with a class-action suit alleging that the tech giant’s severs are storing biometric voice data from countless callers, in contravention of an Illinois privacy law. Read more.

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The Disturbing Reason Facebook Is Paying People $397

Slashgear

Some people in Illinois are getting checks for up to around $400 from Facebook, and the reason has everything to do with the company's use of biometric data.

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Experts Share 6 Legal Considerations to Know Before Jumping into the VR/AR Industry

Road to VR

Biometric Data is Legally Protected. According to Brian Sommer , of counsel at IME Law, VR and AR companies should be aware of legal protections regarding the collection and usage of biometric data. There are certain things that you have to disclose, plus you need user permission, before utilizing biometric data.

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Meta, IBM Rally XR Community for Global AI Alliance

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Also, institutions like Cornell University, Imperial College London, Boston University and Harvard University’s MOC Alliance, University of California Berkeley, University of Notre Dame, University of Illinois, University of Tokyo, Yale University and many more have joined the alliance.

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Future of Privacy Forum Issues XR Data Flow Infographic

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

sThe Future of Privacy Forum, a major organisation advocating privacy and data protection, unveiled a new data flow infographic on the top use cases for technologies employed in extended reality (XR). RESOURCE: Download FPF’s interactive visual guide to smart city technologies and data flows, Shedding Light on Smart City Privacy.

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Meta and MOFAD Let You Visit the Ebony Test Kitchen in Augmented Reality

ARPost

The kitchen was nearly demolished in 2018 but was rescued by Landmarks Illinois. You can launch the augmented reality experience anywhere that you have a decent internet or data connection, but you will get the most out of it if you’re somewhere you can walk around. For decades, those recipes were tested in a very memorable kitchen.