We have previously reported on Facebook’s fight against a proposed class action case alleging violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Facebook continues to fight the allegation that its collection and storage of users’ and non-users’ facial scans through the use of facial recognition technology violates BIPA, and has filed a Motion to
Airline Cargo Company Sued under Illinois Biometric Law
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
Alliance Ground International is the latest company to be sued for allegedly violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) for collecting and storing its employees’ fingerprints without their consent.
The proposed class of employees alleges that the company, which takes employees’ fingerprints as part of their time keeping records for their work as bag…
Facial Scan Case Dismissed Under Illinois Biometrics Law
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
The developers of two NBA video games were successful this week in getting a putative class action alleging violations of the Illinois Biometrics law dismissed.
Two named plaintiffs alleged that the video games violated the Illinois Biometrics Information Privacy Act (BIPA) because the game developer failed to get the gamers’ permission prior to using and…
Tanning Salon to Pay $1.5 Million for Violations of Illinois Biometric Law
By Kathryn Rattigan on
Posted in Enforcement + Litigation
L.A. Tan, a tanning salon chain, will pay $1.5 million to settle violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by obtaining customer fingerprints without their consent and failing to properly inform them of how the data would be stored. Each class member will receive between $125 to $150. Counsel to the class will…