BENTON – Jermaine Minor, who claimed Sauget retailer Oldcastle violated Illinois law on privacy of fingerprints, died waiting for judges to interpret the law.
EDWARDSVILLE A Marymac employee claims her employer violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by collecting and storing employee fingerprint scans without consent.
Danielle Stone, on behalf of herself and other persons similarly situated, filed a complaint April 15 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Marymac Inc., and Mary N. Murray, alleging violation of BIPA.
Stone alleges in her complaint that she and certain other Marymac employees were required to use punch-clock fingerprint scans at their job sites. She claims employees were not informed in writing about the collection of their biometric data. She also alleges they did not give their consent for their information to be collected, stored and used.
EDWARDSVILLE Quality Packaging Specialists International is accused of unlawfully collecting and storing employees biometric data through fingerprint scans.
Dawn Callender, on behalf of herself and other persons similarly situated, filed a complaint April 15 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Quality Packaging Specialists International LLC, alleging violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
Callender alleges in the class action that she and other Quality Packaging Specialists employees were subjected to unlawful biometric scanning and storages practices when they were required to clock in and out by scanning their fingerprints.
Callender claims Quality Packaging Specialists did not abide by BIPA laws by taking employees fingerprint scans and failed to notify employees of the biometric scanning. Callender further claims that Quality Packaging Specialists failed to obtain written consent to collect and store employees biometric data
BELLEVILLE Colonnade Senior Development is facing a class action alleging it illegally obtained and stored employees biometric data through fingerprint scans.
Jacqueline Souers, on behalf of herself and other persons similarly situated, filed a complaint April 15 in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Colonnade Senior Development LLC, alleging violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).
According to the class action complaint, Souers worked for Colonnade and claims the company violated BIPA by requiring certain employees to scan their fingerprints while clocking in and out for work at job sites.
She alleges Colonnade failed to notify employees the practice is taking place, failed to obtain written permission from employees to collect their biometric data and failed to maintain employees biometric data in a sufficiently secure manner. Souers also claims the company failed to disclose how and for how long the employees biometric data w