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What an Illinois Supreme Court ruling about biometrics privacy could mean for Google, Facebook – and everyone else.

Close-up of “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci

The latest social media craze of matching your face with faces in works of art left Chicagoans out in the cold, thanks to Illinois’ strict laws on biometric data. Do these rules keep us safe or leave us behind?