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Lawsuit alleging Target illegally collected biometric data can move forward, judge says

Lawsuit alleging Target illegally collected biometric data can move forward, judge says

By Mike Snider, USA TODAY

A federal judge has denied Target’s request to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the retailer of illegally collecting customers’ biometric data.

The class-action suit, filed in May in federal court in Illinois, charges Target with capturing and storing consumers’ biometric data, including “scans of their facial geometry,” without informing them in writing or obtaining consent as required by the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), passed in Illinois in 2008.

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