Madison Square Garden Beats Suit Over Facial ID System at Venues

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. defeated a lawsuit alleging it collected and used the biometric information of visitors to its entertainment venues in ways that violated New York City law.

Aaron Gross and Jacob Blumenkrantz alleged in a March 2023 lawsuit that MSG illegally used the biometric data it collected to benefit its bottom line as well as identify and remove attorneys associated with law firms engaged in lawsuits against it.

But their allegations weren’t enough to state a claim of a violation of the city’s Biometric Identifier Information Protection Code, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the US District Court ...