Biometric Claim Over Facial Scans Dismissed Against Microsoft, Not Amazon

Mealey's (April 15, 2021, 1:43 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — In a pair of rulings issued in parallel cases April 14, a Washington federal judge dismissed claims against Microsoft Corp. under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), while declining to dismiss similar claims against Amazon.com Inc., finding that plaintiffs alleging privacy violations through the companies’ use of facial scans did not sufficiently plead that Microsoft profits from distribution of their biometric information, while holding that claims of profit by Amazon were plausibly alleged....