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Jury verdict: BNSF must pay $228M to truck drivers for rail yard gate security fingerprint scans

By Jonathan Bilyk | Wednesday, Oct 12, 2022 @ 6:38pm

The verdict against railroad company BNSF ended the first such class action lawsuit taken to trial under Illinois' biometrics privacy law. BNSF vowed to appeal
McAlister's Deli employee files BIPA class action

By Christina Heath | Tuesday, Mar 1, 2022 @ 8:00am

EDWARDSVILLE - A class action lawsuit was filed against McAlister's Deli, alleging employees did not provide consent for the collection of biometric information by technology used to track their time at work.
Class action alleges Ancestry.com disclosed genetic information without consent

By Heather Isringhausen Gvillo | Tuesday, Nov 2, 2021 @ 7:00am

A proposed class of Illinois residents is suing Ancestry.com for allegedly disclosing their genetic information to Blackstone without consent during the acquisition process last year.
Appeals panel: Federal law trumps state privacy law in class actions vs airlines over fingerprint scans

By Scott Holland | Friday, Jun 14, 2019 @ 10:24am

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed airlines shouldn’t face class action lawsuits concerning the use of employee fingerprint scans for biometric punch clocks