Illinois residents who use Snapchat may be eligible for payouts of between $58 and $117 in a class-action privacy settlement reached this month by the app’s parent company, Snap Inc.
The lawsuit alleges lenses and filters on Snapchat collect and store users’ biometric information without their informed consent in violation of Illinois’s biometric privacy law, which is among the strictest in the U.S.
Illinois residents who have used lenses or filters on Snapchat since Nov. 17, 2015 may be eligible for a cut of the $35 million settlement. Attorneys estimate 3.8 million people may be eligible; residents must submit a claim form by Nov. 5 to receive their payout if the settlement is approved, according to court documents.
