Lytx to Pay $4.25 Million to Settle Truckers’ Biometric Lawsuit

Driver-recording services provider Lytx Inc. would pay $4.25 million to settle allegations in two federal lawsuits it collected the biometric identifiers of truck drivers without their consent in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act under a deal given initial approval by a federal court.

The deal would allocate 50% of the settlement fund to a sub-class of Illinois residents, and 50% to a larger sub-class of non-Illinois residents whose claims were subject to challenge on extraterritoriality grounds.

Class members with valid claims would be entitled to a pro rata share of the fund for the settlement class ...