Biometric Privacy Suit Against Sky Zone Franchisor Can Proceed

Sky Zone Franchise Group LLC must face a proposed class action alleging it collected employees’ biometric data without their consent in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, a federal court ruled.

Plaintiff Madisyn Stauffer plausibly alleged in a third amended complaint that SZFG took an active step to collect or obtain her information, as is necessary to state a claim under Section 15(b) of BIPA, Magistrate Judge Mark A. Beatty of the US District Court for the Southern District of Illinois said Wednesday.

Stauffer alleged that SZFG, the franchisor for ...