( February 3, 2026, 2:19 PM EST) -- EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — Illinois graduates suing the company that captured photos of their ceremonies for allegedly violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by collecting their biometric identifiers to use facial recognition to identify all photos in which each graduate appears and offer them for sale may proceed as a class, a federal judge in Illinois ruled, granting a motion for class certification (Joshua Gaertner, et al. v. Commemorative Brands, Inc., et al., No. 23-2452, S.D. Ill., 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20357)....