BNSF Settles Illinois Biometric Privacy Case for $75 Million – Bloomberg Law

The case is the first Biometric Information Privacy Act case to go to trial and the first to wrestle with the issue of just how much money a company found to violate the BIPA law should pay. BNSF Railway Co. Monday agreed to pay $75 million to settle the case after a jury found the company violated the privacy rights of thousands of employees, a decrease from an initial award $228 million.
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Mark F
2 years ago

I wonder if the federal government can be sued under Illinois BIPA law for all the fingerprints OPM lost during the hack of security records back in 2014/15?

Zephyr Window
2 years ago

And another positive, pro business policy designed to attract thousands of new businesses to Illinois!

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