Insurer: No Coverage Due For Suit Disputing McDonald's Collection Of Biometric Data

(September 22, 2020, 1:35 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A businessowners liability insurer filed suit in a federal court in Illinois on Sept. 21, seeking a declaration that it owes no coverage for an underlying class action alleging that a McDonald's franchise owner violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) when it scanned an employee's fingerprints but did not disclose the specific purpose for collecting, storing and using her biometric data (American Family Mutual Insurance Company v. McEssy Investment Company, et al., No. 20-05591, N.D. Ill., Eastern Div.)....