Class Action
Rivera v. Google
Rivera, et al. v. Google LLC
Where it stands
Final approval hearing held September 28, 2022 before Judge Anna M. Loftus; $100 million settlement approved after more than six years of litigation. A related earlier federal action, Rivera v. Google Inc., No. 1:16-cv-02714 (N.D. Ill.), was dismissed on Article III standing grounds.
Key ruling
One of the largest BIPA cash settlements on record; resolved in Illinois state court after the parallel federal case failed on standing, illustrating that BIPA claims dismissed federally for lack of concrete injury can proceed in state court.
Note on this record
Original state-court filing date not confirmed; class payments were reported at roughly $95 per claimant.The record
- Court
- Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (Chancery Division)
- Case number
- 2019-CH-00990
- Filed
- Filing date not established
- Defendants
- Google LLC
- Plaintiffs
- Illinois residents who appeared in a photograph in Google Photos between May 1, 2015 and April 25, 2022
- Technology at issue
- Google Photos face grouping / face template creation
- Relief sought
- BIPA statutory damages of $1,000 per negligent violation and $5,000 per reckless or intentional violation (740 ILCS 14/20) for creating face templates without informed written consent, a published retention schedule, or the required written disclosures under 740 ILCS 14/15(a)-(b).
- Settlement
- $100,000,000
- Counsel of record
- Bursor & Fisher, P.A. · Ahdoot & Wolfson, PC · Carey Rodriguez Milian, LLP · Hedin Hall LLP
Claims pleaded
Sources (2)
- Rivera, et al. v. Google LLC — Frequently Asked Questions (Official Settlement Website)Court-appointed Settlement Administrator
- $100 Million Google Photos Settlement ApprovedBursor & Fisher, P.A. · 2022-09-28
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