( July 18, 2023, 2:43 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois denied a motion filed by the companies associated with the operation of an online dating application to dismiss a putative class complaint alleging violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by collecting, storing and using users’ data, finding that the lead plaintiff sufficiently showed that the court has specific personal jurisdiction over the case based on the defendants’ activities directed at Illinois....