New Appellate Opinion in Amazon Biometric Data Case May Signal 'Narrowing' Scope of BIPA Litigation, Experts Say

Amazon.com's cloud-computing branch, Amazon Web Services Inc., clinched a recent win in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit that, experts say, may signal a broader movement in the courts toward favoring the defense in biometric privacy litigation and trimming the scope of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).