US Data Privacy Litigation: Biometrics and consumer health data litigation

This article is part of a series on US Data Privacy Litigation.

Private litigants alleging violations under the  have had success settling claims regarding the privacy of their biometric data. The largest per-member award to date, around USD1,000 each for a class with over 45,000 members, comes from the sole BIPA case that was decided by a jury.

This article provides insight into biometrics and consumer health data in relation to US data privacy litigation.