White Castle risks billions in fines for violating Illinois biometrics law – Crain’s*

A divided Illinois Supreme Court on Friday ruled that claims under the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act accrue with each alleged violation of the law, a decision that may expose businesses using fingerprint-based sign-ins to computers or timekeeping machines to stiff penalties. The court ruled 4-3 in support of the interpretation of the law by a manager at a White Castle System hamburger outlet, Latrina Cothron, who says the chain did not obtain her consent before requiring her fingerprint scan to access a computer from the time Illinois passed the law in 2008 until 2018.