Baker v. Match Group, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION MARCUS BAKER, Plaintiff, No. 22 CV 6924 v. Judge Manish S. Shah MATCH GROVE, INC., et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Marcus Baker used the dating sites OKCupid and Tinder. Baker uploaded images of himself to the sites, from which defendants used, collected, and stored his biometric data. Alleging that defendants violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, 740 ILCS 14/1 et seq., Baker filed a demand for arbitration. Rather than arbitrate the dispute, however, defendants…