The Illinois Law Behind the Google, Facebook Settlements – NBC5 (Chicago)

Illinois’ Biometric Privacy Act prohibits private sector companies and institutions from collecting biometric data from unsuspecting citizens in the state or online, no matter where the business is based. Data cannot be sold, transferred or traded. Unlike any other state, citizens can sue for alleged violations, which has sparked hundreds of David-and-Goliath legal battles against some of the world’s most powerful companies.
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Fed Up Taxpayer
1 year ago

I am so relieved that google, amazon and facebook cannot collect biometrics because IL says so. Alot of people already have facial recognition or a fingerprint stored in their phone at this point, and how much confidence is there that these companies deleted all of their records. Contrast this “protection” to red light cameras all up and down the interstate, which is ok. Illinois officials have a very fine line between 1984 and what rights citizens still have in the state.

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