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Will you get sued for collecting employee biometric data?

Will you get sued for collecting employee biometric data? The answer is "YES" if you're a business in Illinois and you failed to obtain written consent or provide disclosure around how to plan to use and store the biometric data. The full article is in today's Chicago Tribune article, Mariano's, Kimpton Hotels sued over alleged collection of biometric data: 'It's something very personal' . The article states: "...unlike, say, a stolen company ID, which can be replaced, individuals can't order up a new body part, raising concerns about what could happen if scans of their fingertips' arches, loops and whorls fell into the wrong hands. Those concerns are prompting employees and others to push back against company policies that require collection of biometric data." Lawyers say that damages to one of the companies in the article, Roundy's (owner of the Mariano's grocery chain) could reach $10 million. This should give you