Posted on Jan 28, 2019 in
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Data Privacy,
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Comments Off on The floodgates open – Illinois Supreme Court issues landmark ruling in biometrics case
In a unanimous decision on January 25, 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court found that a plaintiff need not show actual harm to seek relief under the state’s Biometric Information and Privacy Act (BIPA). This is welcome news for plaintiffs’ attorneys who have already used BIPA as a vehicle to file dozens of class action lawsuits against businesses across a wide swath of industries in each...