A vending machine company’s alleged failure to provide informed consent when collecting fingerprints constitutes an injury necessary for standing in federal court, the Seventh Circuit ruled Tuesday.
Christine Bryant claims Compass Group USA collected her fingerprint data without her written consent, in violation of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act, so she could purchase items from its vending machines.
Compass initially won its effort to transfer the case to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, but the district judge remanded the case back to state court for lack of standing. The district court said in its opinion ...
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