EDWARDSVILLE — A Marymac employee claims her employer violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by collecting and storing employee fingerprint scans without consent.
Danielle Stone, on behalf of herself and other persons similarly situated, filed a complaint April 15 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Marymac Inc., and Mary N. Murray, alleging violation of BIPA.
Stone alleges in her complaint that she and certain other Marymac employees were required to use "punch-clock" fingerprint scans at their job sites. She claims employees were not informed in writing about the collection of their biometric data. She also alleges they did not give their consent for their information to be collected, stored and used.
Stone claims Marymac failed to disclose the "specific purpose and length of term" that the employees' biometric information would be collected and stored and failed to inform them of any third parties with which their biometric identifiers would be shared.
Stone alleges Marymac violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by failing to have a written policy for the biometric data collection and storage and was negligent in its handling of employees' "sensitive information."
Stone seeks monetary and all other just relief. She is represented by Roberto Costales and William Beaumont of Beaumont Costales LLC in Chicago.
Madison County Circuit Court case number 21-L-000458