More class actions filed under Illinois' biometrics privacy law against employers in Cook County court, including Bobak's Sausage, El Burrito Loco, GoJet and more
The lawsuit seeks potentially big money from Tinder for failing to provide notice and obtain consent from users before scanning their faces in video selfies uploaded as part of the profile verification process.
The lawsuits, which accuse the companies of violating federal video privacy law, seek to include potentially millions of subscribers to NFL.com, the Huffington Post and CNN.com
A class action lawsuit accuses Equifax of violating federal law by providing consumer credit scores to lenders that were allegedly 20-130 points lower than they should have been, due to a "glitch" in Equifax's computer program
A St. Louis woman represents a class action lawsuit against Snelling Employment LLC for allegedly violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act
A judge has granted preliminary approval to an initial $4.1 million settlement, though the total could climb as high as $14.1 million. NovaTime is agreeing to end litigation despite arguing individual employers' hold liability for alleged violations, not them.
NovaTime says the court should pull the plug on the class action under the Illinois BIPA law because the class members' claims would be too varied to allow NovaTime to fairly defend itself.
A former Valli Produce employee is suing the local supermarket chain, alleging the company violated Illinois law in the way it required workers to scan fingerprints to clock in and out of work.
An employee has brought a class action lawsuit against a Chicago heating and air conditioning business, alleging they violated an Illinois biometrics privacy law.
An employee is suing Gurtler Chemicals, a South Holland-based maker of specialty laundry products, over the company's policies requiring workers to scan their hand when punching in and out of work shifts.
A Cicero-based metal finishing company has been targeted with a class action by a worker who claims it violated a state privacy law by making workers scan their fingerprints when punching in and out of work shifts.
A warehouse and light industrial staffing firm has been hit with a class action lawsuit accusing it of violating an Illinois privacy law when requiring workers to scan their fingerprints when punching in and out of work shifts.
Beverage giant Dr. Pepper/Seven Up has become one of the latest companies targeted with a class action accusing them of violating an Illinois privacy law by requiring workers to scan their fingerprints when clocking in and out of work shifts.
The owners of a Rockford rehabilitation care center have been hit with a class action lawsuit, accusing them of violating an Illinois privacy law by requiring employees to scan their fingerprint when punching in and out of work shifts.
Freight rail operator CN, Dylan's Candybar, Pete's Market and the maker of Vileda and O'Cedar cleaning products are among the employers hit with class actions, as the lawsuits under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act continue to multiply.
Class action lawsuits targeting employers and other businesses for allegedly violating an Illinois biometric privacy law continue to roll into Cook County’s courts, as trial lawyers continue to pile up the complaints in the wake of a recent Illinois Supreme Court decision giving the green light to such actions. Businesses hit with the suits include Roosevelt University; CSX; Hearthside Food Solutions; and Professional Freezing Solutions.
Employees have filed a class action lawsuit against Patriot Medical Transport, a transportation company, claiming the company violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), by making employees scan their fingerprints when punching in and out of work shifts.
