Class Action
Velazquez v. NCS Pearson
SettledClass claims present
Velazquez v. NCS Pearson, Inc.
Where it stands
$18,224,000 settlement fund; final approval hearing held July 8, 2025 before Judge Caroline K. Moreland, with a final approval order subsequently entered.
Note on this record
Exact date of the final approval order was not independently confirmed; the July 8, 2025 date is the scheduled final approval hearing.The record
- Court
- Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois
- Case number
- 2022-CH-00280
- Filed
- 2022-01-13
- Defendants
- NCS Pearson, Inc. · Pearson Education, Inc.
- Plaintiffs
- Two groups: (1) test-takers whose palms were scanned at Pearson VUE test centers in Illinois between January 13, 2017 and October 25, 2023 without consenting to Pearson's Biometric Data Policy; and (2) individuals who took a remotely proctored OnVUE exam in Illinois between August 15, 2019 and February 1, 2023 that may have used facial comparison technology
- Technology at issue
- Pearson VUE palm-vein scanning at physical testing centers and OnVUE remote-proctoring facial comparison technology
- Relief sought
- BIPA statutory damages of $1,000 per negligent violation and $5,000 per reckless or intentional violation (740 ILCS 14/20) for capturing hand vein-prints and facial geometry without informed written consent or a published retention schedule.
- Settlement
- $18,224,000
- Counsel of record
- McGuire Law, P.C.
Claims pleaded
Sources (2)
- Velazquez v. NCS Pearson, Inc. — Notice of Proposed Class Action SettlementCourt-appointed Settlement Administrator · 2025
- Class Action Claims Pearson Education Collects Test Takers' Hand Vein Prints Without Proper ConsentClassAction.org · 2022-01
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