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The Illinois Supreme Court's long-awaited decision on how often biometric privacy claims accrue dealt a blow to defendants facing massive potential damage awards and ultimately left it to trial courts and state lawmakers to strike a balance between compensating privacy plaintiffs and protecting companies from financial ruin.
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Friday that Biometric Information Privacy Act claims accrue each time data is unlawfully collected and disclosed rather than simply the first time, a ruling that will almost certainly add to Illinois' already heavy privacy docket and that the defense bar has warned could lead to astronomical damages.
The Illinois Supreme Court's long-awaited decision on how often biometric privacy claims accrue dealt a blow to defendants facing massive potential damage awards and ultimately left it to trial courts and state lawmakers to strike a balance between compensating privacy plaintiffs and protecting companies from financial ruin.
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Friday that Biometric Information Privacy Act claims accrue each time data is unlawfully collected and disclosed rather than simply the first time, a ruling that will almost certainly add to Illinois' already heavy privacy docket and that the defense bar has warned could lead to astronomical damages.
Four blood plasma donors have asked an Illinois federal judge to grant preliminary approval to a roughly $16.7 million deal resolving claims that three companies operating plasma donation centers in Illinois violated their rights under the state's biometric privacy law.