Truck Driver Advances 48forty Solutions Biometric-Privacy Suit

48forty Solutions LLC must face a proposed class action alleging it collected and disclosed the biometric information of its truck drivers in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, a federal court ruled.

Plaintiff Barry Taylor sufficiently alleged that 48forty collected biometric information that could be used to identity him, a requirement for stating a claim under section 15(b) of BIPA, and that the company disclosed his biometric data to the third-party provider of the company’s driver-surveillance system in violation of section 15(d) of the statute, Judge Charles P. Kocoras of the US District Court for the Northern District ...