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A historic settlement filed in court on Monday highlighted the power of Illinois ' strong privacy law and will result in new nationwide restrictions on a controversial technology company infamous for selling access to the largest known database of facial images. 'This represents one of the biggest victories for consumers to date.
' Meanwhile, lawyers representing the plaintiffs and other experts celebrated the settlement as a victory. J. Eli Wade-Scott of Edelson PC--which recently obtained a $650 million settlement in a BIPA case with Facebook--noted that the case was part of a broader fight.
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