Insurer Sues to Duck Costs in Bakery’s Biometric Privacy Case

An Illinois wholesale bakery was hit with a suit from an insurer seeking to dodge the costs of a proposed class action alleging the bakery violated the state’s landmark Biometric Information Privacy Act.

Talerico-Martin Bakery used biometric scanning technology to track employees’ clock-in and clock-out times in violation of BIPA, the underlying suit alleged.

The insurer’s lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, is the latest in a series of insurance coverage disputes surrounding Illinois’ law, which restricts how covered companies can use fingerprints, facial scans, and other data from employees and customers. ...