First jury verdict under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act BIPA resulted in $228 million judgment against BNSF Railway. Case involved class of more than 40,000 truck drivers with fingerprints scanned for identity verification purposes without notice and consent.
15 settlements of class actions brought under Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act BIPA. companies settling a BIPA class action should generally expect to pay the entire amount of the settlement fund, either to class members or to a cy pres recipient.