Biometric Data Collection Class Claims Against Medical Tech Firm Dismissed

Mealey's (February 27, 2020, 11:42 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — A hospital worker failed to plead that the manufacturer of a medication-dispensing system that utilizes employees’ fingerprints for identification purposes collected or disclosed biometric data in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Protection Act (BIPA), a Chicago federal judge ruled Feb. 24, granting the firm’s motion to dismiss the worker’s putative class claims (Corey Heard v. Becton, Dickinson & Co., No. 1:19-cv-04158, N.D. Ill., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31249)....