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Popeyes dodges a fingerprint fry

April 8, 2026Cory Harris, Editor

Popeyes kept its fingers out of the fryer - for now - after a federal judge recently dismissed a biometric privacy lawsuit tied to fingerprint scans at an Illinois franchise. In a March 26 ruling, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois found the fast food chain was not responsible for how a franchisee collected employee data, though not without leaving the door open for the case to return. The lawsuit stemmed from a Popeyes employee in Richton Park, Ill., who alleged...

Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), Illinois, Popeyes, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois