Airline, Ex-Employee Reach ‘Settlement In Principle’ Of Biometric Data Class Claim

Mealey's (July 26, 2022, 1:18 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — In a July 25 status report, Envoy Air Inc. and a former employee announced that they have “reached a settlement in principle” of the employee’s putative class complaint alleging violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) in the collection of workers’ biometric data in the airline’s clock-in and clock-out procedure....