Two cases in the news involving Illinois’s Biometric Privacy Act.
Daniel R. Stoller reports:
WeWork allegedly uses facial scans to track people in its shared office spaces without informed written consent, in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, according to a class complaint in Illinois state court.
“When individuals arrive at a WeWork office space, each Defendant requires them to have their facial geometry scanned to enroll them in We Work’s database(s),” plaintiff Elliot Osborne alleges.
Read more on Bloomberg Law.
A building supply company faces a potential class action over claims it violated provisions of a statute designed to protect employees’ personal information.
Missouri-based Mid-Am Building Supplies is accused of collecting, storing and using biometric identifiers and information without the written consent of its employees.
h/t, Joe Cadillic
Correction: There’s also a third lawsuit — also sent along by Joe.
Juul Labs Inc. was sued for collecting biometric data from its online customers as a method of verifying they are legally old enough to buy vaping products.
The company was accused in a complaint filed Thursday in Illinois of violating a state law that requires consumer consent for companies to gather sensitive biometric data.
Read more on Bloomberg Law.