{"id":265085,"date":"2026-06-05T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/in-us-privacy-case-over-apple-photo-app-plaintiffs-win-class-certification-mlex\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T13:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T17:00:19","slug":"in-us-privacy-case-over-apple-photo-app-plaintiffs-win-class-certification-mlex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/in-us-privacy-case-over-apple-photo-app-plaintiffs-win-class-certification-mlex\/","title":{"rendered":"In US privacy case over Apple Photo app, plaintiffs win class certification | MLex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlex.com\/mlex\/data-privacy-security\/articles\/2486396\/in-us-privacy-case-over-apple-photo-app-plaintiffs-win-class-certification\">In US privacy case over Apple Photo app, plaintiffs win class certification | MLex<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlex.com\/mlex\/data-privacy-security\/articles\/2486396\/in-us-privacy-case-over-apple-photo-app-plaintiffs-win-class-certification\">https:\/\/www.mlex.com\/mlex\/data-privacy-security\/articles\/2486396\/in-us-privacy-case-over-apple-photo-app-plaintiffs-win-class-certification<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-05 11:57:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.mlex.com\">www.mlex.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p> (  June  5, 2026, 15:57 GMT | Official Statement) &#8212; MLex Summary: Plaintiffs were granted class certification in a US privacy case against Apple over the facial recognition feature in the company&#8217;s Photos app. District Judge Nancy J. Rosenstengel concluded that plaintiffs have sufficiently alleged a manageable class, finding that the court need not inquire into each user\u2019s knowledge of how the Photos app and People album feature will work because it\u2019s irrelevant to the damages analysis. Additionally, a combination of Apple\u2019s Illinois customer lists, iCloud enrollees, and user declarations can identify the class members. 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