Monday, October 17, 2022

BNSF ordered to pay truck drivers $228 million for collecting their fingerprints without consent

On October 12, a federal jury ruled in favor of a class action suit that includes 45,600 truck drivers following a one week trial in Chicago, Fox32 reports.

BNSF was ordered to pay out $228 million, or $5000 per truck driver, after the jury ruled that the company violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act of 2008, which requires written permission to gather a person’s biometric information, including retinal scans and fingerprints.

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2 comments:

  1. Bear Claw Chris Lapp8:01 AM

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  2. userbronco4:31 PM

    Disney world in florida has for years been requiring fingerprints from the guests who purchase multi day tickets. to prevent the people who bought the tickets and had unused days left on the tickets, from selling them.

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