WeWork Urges Court to Toss Biometric Tracking Privacy Lawsuit

WeWork is urging an Illinois federal judge to toss claims it tracked people in its office spaces without consent, arguing that the allegations are vague.

Plaintiff Elliott Osborne didn’t show a violation of the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act in a Nov. 5 lawsuit, which is also barred by a one-year statute of limitations, WeWork told the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Monday.

The shared workplace provider is among a range of companies, including IBM Corp. and Clearview AI, that are trying to beat lawsuits under the Illinois biometric law, which carries penalties of up ...