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July 17, 2026   
Health Law Weekly

Seventh Circuit Vacates Dismissal of Biometric Privacy Suit Against Eyewear Retailer over Facial Scans

  • July 17, 2026
  • Written by AHLA Legal Staff

The Seventh Circuit revived July 10 a lawsuit alleging that Gunnar Optiks, LLC violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), holding the eyewear retailer failed to show facial-scan data fell within the statute’s health care exclusion.

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