Biomat USA, Two Other Plasma Centers Skirt Biometric Claims

Biomat USA, Talecris Plasma Resources, and Interstate Blood Bank escaped claims that they collected fingerprints of plasma donors in violation of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act, according to a federal judge who dismissed the complaint on Thursday.

Plasma donors Brian Vaughan and Jason Darnell accused the plasma centers in their June lawsuit of using finger-scanning devices to track donors without making public the retention and destruction schedules for the biometric information. The companies also failed to make certain disclosures and obtain written releases, Vaughan alleged in the would-be class action..

But Judge Marvin E. Aspen of the U.S. District Court ...