October 05, 2023
A Lewis University student has permanently dropped her proposed class suit targeting the school's use of Respondus testing software after a settlement in a similar case resolved her claims that the software violated her and other students' biometric privacy rights.
December 12, 2022
Lewis University said Monday that testing software company Respondus never disclosed it would collect students' biometric data before the school mandated that students use its software, arguing Respondus should be on the hook for potential damages in students' privacy suit against both of them.
March 24, 2022
An Illinois federal judge allowed students to move forward with claims that a testing software company failed to get informed consent to collect biometric data and improperly disclosed it, but determined the students' unlawful profiting and data policy claims are too bare to proceed.
June 07, 2021
Lewis University has told an Illinois federal court that as a financial institution protected by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, it can escape a proposed Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act class action that accused the university and a test software company of collecting biometric data during online testing without permission.
April 09, 2021
An Illinois federal judge on Friday appeared skeptical of an online testing company's bid for an order relieving it of an obligation to preserve video recordings and other items as it faces biometric privacy lawsuits over its remote proctoring software, saying it must preserve those materials until some discovery is taken.