Six Flags Agrees to $36 Million Settlement Over Alleged BIPA Violations
“The lawsuit, filed in Lake County, claims that the finger scan violates the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act, which regulates how companies can use an individual’s biometric data such as a fingerprint or a scan of the hand or face geometry,” reports Sarah Mansur in Capitol News Illinois.
“The law, passed in 2008, was first the state or federal law to establish a person’s individual right to sue over biometric privacy rights. It also requires that entities must have written consent from a person before collecting and storing that person’s biometric information.”