Mealey's ( June 19, 2026, 11:17 AM EDT) -- EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — An Illinois federal judge certified a class and two subclasses of Illinois citizens accusing Apple Inc. of violating the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) through the iOS Photos app’s People album feature, holding that common questions predominate in the long-running biometric data suit because whether Apple collected or possessed biometric data without complying with BIPA written disclosure requirements can be resolved on a classwide basis....