According to the Independent, Instagram has been accused of collecting the biometric data of up to 100 million users without their consent in a new lawsuit. The Facebook owned app could be fined up to US$1000 per violation if found guilty of breaching the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The lawsuit  (Whalen v. Facebook) was filed in the California state court. A spokesperson for Facebook responded to these allegations stating 'This suit is baseless. Instagram doesn't use face recognition technology'.