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the next time you see a new privacy statement from Facebook you may want to read the fine print before you hit agree the company is the latest tech firm to get hit by a lawsuit for unlawfully storing biometric data mined from peoples photographs we all know the company uses our data to generate things like those creepy targeted ads on your newsfeed or suggest connections but what most users don't realize is that they're also signing away information about their own face once they have access to this face print as they call it it can be used to identify you and your friends at photos and suggest tags but what else could they use it for a group of facebook users from Illinois has taken particular issue with this accusing the social network of violating the Illinois biometric information privacy act for not seeking explicit consent for this information and just this week a federal judge in California rejected Facebook's request to have the suit dismissed which means this could be just the beginning if the lost sides with users Facebook and other companies like Google which uses similar facial recognition technology might need to make this request more obvious than just a click on a lengthy user agreement page