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Illinois Biometric privacy suits are popular; many BIPA decisions issued to date have skewed heavily in favor of plaintiffs, which has resulted in a significant expansion of potential litigation risk under the statute.
The global market valuation for voice recognition technology will reach around $10 billion by 2028. Many employers prefer and use voice-powered timekeeping systems over fingerprints, consumers use voiceprint technology for health care, banking apps, hands-free vehicle use.
Thursday, February 11, 2021 Biometric privacy litigation has exploded in the last several years, with the current hot spot focus in Illinois. Class actions under the Illinois Biometric Information and Privacy Act (“BIPA”) have flooded the Illinois state and federal courts since a January 2019 Illinois Supreme Court decision. The Illinois Statute The Illinois legislature passed the state’s BIPA in 2008 to address the enhanced risk of identity theft associated with the collection and processing of biometric data (fingerprints, voiceprints, facial identifiers, retinal scan data...