The settlement arose from a class-action lawsuit that claimed the company violated BIPA when it collected and stored the biometric data of Facebook users in Illinois without proper notice and consent. ![]() ![]() Neither responded to a request for comment.Įarlier this year, Facebook finalized a $650 million settlement agreement with Facebook users in Illinois. Bock, of Chicago-based Bock, Hatch & Oppenheim LLC, represents the class of plaintiffs. Mark Bulgarelli, an attorney with Progressive Law Group LLC in Evanston, is one of the lawyers representing Six Flags. More: JB Pritzker launches 'Time for Me to Drive' campaign to revive Illinois' tourism industry ![]() 31, 2018, can receive up to $60, in five installments. People who first had their finger scanned when entering the park between May 1, 2016, and Dec. 1, 2013, and April 30, 2016, can receive up to $200, over five installments. Under the agreement, people who first had their finger scanned when entering Six Flags Great America between Oct. The Lake County Court preliminarily approved the proposed settlement agreement last month and the settlement was recently made public. More: 'Feel the hope and joy:' Pritzker celebrates move to Phase 5 of Illinois' reopening planĪfter the Supreme Court ruling, both parties entered into mediation. In 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that “an individual need not allege some actual injury or adverse effect, beyond violation of his or her rights” in order to qualify as an “aggrieved” person under BIPA, and be entitled to damages and other relief. Six Flags argued that there was not an actual injury because the biometric data was not breached or stolen. The question before the high court was whether a violation under BIPA must allege actual injury or harm, rather than basing the violation entirely on the injury or harm that occurs when biometric data is collected without a person’s consent. The case eventually reached the Illinois Supreme Court. More: Congressmen Davis, Garcia introduce bill to expand Lincoln Home site in Springfield Stacy Rosenbach, the lead plaintiff in the case against Six Flags, sued the Gurnee amusement park in 2016 on behalf of her son, Alexander, who provided his fingerprint to gain entry, without first giving his consent. The law also provides damages of $1,000 for each negligent violation and $5,000 for each intentional or reckless violation. It also requires that entities must have written consent from a person before collecting and storing that person’s biometric information. The law, passed in 2008, was first the state or federal law to establish a person's individual right to sue over biometric privacy rights. More: Lawmakers' letter urges Pritzker to oppose premature closure of CWLP, Prairie State plants The lawsuit, filed in Lake County, claims that the finger scan violates the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act, which regulates how companies can use an individual’s biometric data - such as a fingerprint or a scan of the hand or face geometry. Six Flags doesn’t admit to any fault or liability as part of the agreement, which is subject to final approval at a court hearing in October. ![]() Six Flags Great America has agreed to a $36 million settlement to end a class-action lawsuit over the amusement park’s use of finger-scan entry gates.
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