Illinois Supreme Court Rules That Actual Damages Are Not Necessary Under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act

The Illinois Supreme Court’s Ruling On January 25, 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court issued its long awaited opinion in Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corp, ruling that the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act, 740 ILCS 14/1 et seq. (“BIPA”) does not require an actual injury for a plaintiff to be considered “aggrieved” under the Act. The ruling, which was widely anticipated based on the court’s comments during oral argument, is widely expected to open the flood gates on class actions brought under BIPA, given the statutory damages available to plaintiffs. Indeed, in the first week since the ruling, at least 10 new BIPA class actions have been filed. Under BIPA, parties that possess biometric identifiers (i.e. fingerprints, retina scans and voice recognition) are prohibited from (i) selling, leasing, trading or otherwise profiting from such identifiers; and (ii) otherwise disclosing or disseminating such information unless the individual…

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