Plasma Donation Center Faces Illinois Biometric Privacy Suit

A plasma donation service violated an Illinois privacy law when it allegedly collected a client’s fingerprint data without her consent, according to a complaint filed Dec. 2 in state court.

Octapharma Plasma Inc. required plaintiff Mary Crumpton to scan her fingerprint for a database each time she donated plasma, according to the complaintfiled in the Illinois Court of Chancery.

The company allegedly failed to tell Crumpton, and a proposed class of plaintiffs, that it had a biometric data policy, and failed to give Crumpton or others the opportunity to provide informed written consent, according to the complaint.

Plaintiffs attorneys ...