Judge Sends User’s Biometric Collection Claims Against Shutterfly To Arbitration

(May 22, 2020, 3:56 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois federal judge on May 5 found that one of two lead plaintiffs alleging biometric privacy violations in Shutterfly Inc.’s use of facial-recognition technology was bound by the company’s arbitration provision, staying the putative class action brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) pending resolution of the arbitration (Vernita Miracle-Pond, et al. v. Shutterfly Inc., No. 1:19-cv-04722, N.D. Ill., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 86083)....