Cryptocurrency exchange BAM Trading Services Inc. and its identity-verification vendor Jumio Corp. must face a proposed class action alleging they collected account holders’ facial geometry in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.
Plaintiff Kamil Kuklinski adequately pleaded a cause of action against BAM Trading and Jumio, and neither entity qualified for an exemption under BIPA for financial institutions that are subject to the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Judge Stephen P. McGlynn of the US District Court for the Southern District of Illinois said Tuesday.
Kuklinski alleged that BAM Trading and Jumio failed to give him proper notice that they ...
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