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EDWARDSVILLE A Madison heating and cooling company is facing a class action suit over its employee fingerprint scanning.
Justice Ragan, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, filed a complaint Jan. 29 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Energy Stars Heating and Cooling Company, alleging violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.
According to her complaint, Ragan began working for Energy Stars Heating and Cooling in June 2017. She alleges that throughout her employment at Energy Stars, she has been required to use a fingerprint scanner to clock in and out of work. She claims digital copies of her fingerprints are scanned, collected and stored. The plaintiff claims her fingerprints are then compared with the fingerprints previously stored in the database.
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Ill. Judge Sends Amazon Voiceprint Claims To Arbitration
Law360 (February 5, 2021, 10:35 PM EST) An Illinois federal judge on Friday granted Amazon s bid to send two customers biometric privacy claims over the company s Alexa device to arbitration but said he needs more information before he can decide whether to treat a minor s claim the same way.
U.S. District Judge Franklin Valderrama said Amazon.com Inc. customers Bennett Wilcosky and Michael Gunderson are required by Amazon s conditions of use to individually arbitrate accusations that the platform s virtual assistant Alexa collects, stores and uses their voiceprints in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. But he said he needs to hear more from the parties before he.
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Keypoint: While the Washington Privacy Act appears poised to pass the Senate, a competing bill introduced in the House of Representatives would require opt-in consent for processing, create an Illinois-like biometric information privacy structure, and allow for a private right of action.
On January 28, 2021, Washington state Representative Shelley Kloba filed HB 1433, entitled the People’s Privacy Act (WPPA). According to the Washington legislative website, the WPPA will be formally introduced on February 1, 2020.
The WPPA, which is supported by the Washington ACLU, is a competing bill to the Washington Privacy Act (WPA) introduced by Senator Carlyle in the Washington Senate. Although the WPPA and WPA are intended to address the same issue (consumer privacy) they come about it in very different ways.
BELLEVILLE A Subway employee claims the restaurant chain violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by collecting and storing employees fingerprint scans.
Robert Slone, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, filed a complaint Dec. 22 in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Doctors Associates LLC, Franchise World Headquarters LLC and Subway Franchisee Advertising Fund Trust LTD, doing business as Subway, alleging violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.
According to the class action, Slone worked for Subway at its facility in Fairview Heights from June 2016 through September 2016. He claims he was required to use his fingerprint to clock in and out of work and that his fingerprint scan was stored in Subway s data base.
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Ritz-Carlton Hit With Class Suit Over Chicago Finger Scans
Law360 (December 17, 2020, 6:22 PM EST) The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. got hit Wednesday with a proposed class state court suit claiming the company s luxury hotel and residence in Chicago uses a finger scanner to track and share employees work time in violation of their biometric privacy rights.
Former employee Mark Mendoza claimed in his suit that The Ritz-Carlton Hotel of Chicago s requirement that hourly workers use a biometric timekeeping system to clock in and out of shifts and breaks ignores their rights to informed consent under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.