Late last month, an Illinois appellate court reversed a lower court’s dismissal of biometric privacy claims against a tanning salon franchisee that had collected the plaintiff’s fingerprint to allow entry in its own salon and any L.A. Tan salon location
Illinois’ First Settlement under Biometric Law; AMA Adopts Principles for Mobile Health Apps; Ecuador to Enact Data Privacy Law
Illinois State Court Issues First Settlement under Biometric Law
On December 1, 2016, the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois approved what is being reported as the first settlement under the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act, 740 ILCS 14/1 (BIPA…
Illinois Biometric Privacy Suit over Collection of Fingerprints Settled
Earlier this month, an Illinois state court approved a $1.5 million settlement in a class action against L.A. Tan Enterprises, Inc., operator (directly and through franchisees) of L.A. Tan tanning salons. The settlement resolved allegations that L.A. Tan violated the Illinois…
Tanning Salon to Pay $1.5 Million for Violations of Illinois Biometric Law
L.A. Tan, a tanning salon chain, will pay $1.5 million to settle violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by obtaining customer fingerprints without their consent and failing to properly inform them of how the data would be…