Singh

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 JATINDER SINGH, et al., Case No. 23-cv-01435-CRB

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v.

COMPEL

PAYWARD, INC. d/b/a KRAKEN, Defendant.

Jatinder Singh and Sandeep Singh (“Plaintiffs”) bring a putative class action suit against Payward, Inc., d/b/a Kraken (“Defendant” or “Kraken”), arguing that, in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), Defendant unlawfully collected, obtained, used, stored, and disclosed Plaintiffs’ biometric identifiers, which Plaintiffs submitted in the course of creating Kraken cryptocurrency trading accounts. See Compl. (dkt. 1) at 1. Defendant now moves to compel arbitration, contending that Plaintiffs’ claims are subject to Kraken’s Terms of Service (“TOS”), which includes a valid, enforceable, and binding arbitration agreement between the parties. See Mot. (dkt. 12) at 1. In the alternative, Defendant moves to dismiss all four BIPA claims for either a lack of standing or failure to…