Colin O. Lubelczyk

Feb 23, 2023 | lexology.com | Archis A. Parasharami |John Nadolenco |Matthew D. Provance |Colin O. Lubelczyk

In what is becoming a pattern, the Illinois Supreme Court recently issued another decision interpreting the Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) to expand potential liability for businesses. The court held in Cothron v. White Castle that each time a business collects or discloses an individual’s biometric data without first obtaining BIPA-compliant consent, a separate claim accrues under BIPA.