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740 ILCS 14/1 (2026)

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(740 ILCS 14/1)
    Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Biometric Information Privacy Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-994, eff. 10-3-08.)

    
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Cited in 196 cases (151 in the last 5 years), 2017–2026 · leading case: Rosenbach v. Six Flags Ent. Corp., 2019 IL 123186 (Ill. 2019).
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Rosenbach v. Six Flags Ent. Corp., 2019 IL 123186 (Ill. 2019). · cites it 3× “*656 ¶ 1 The Biometric Information Privacy Act (Act) ( 740 ILCS 14/1 et seq. (West 2016) ) imposes numerous restrictions on how private entities collect, retain, disclose and destroy biometric identifiers, including retina or iris scans, fingerprints, voiceprints, scans of hand…”
McDonald v. Symphony Bronzeville Park, LLC, 2022 IL 126511 (Ill. 2022). · cites it 3× “¶5 Accordingly, McDonald alleged that Bronzeville and the other defendants had violated—and continued to violate—various statutory requirements of the Privacy Act (740 ILCS 14/1 et seq. (West 2016)). Specifically, McDonald and the putative class alleged that defendants…”
Cothron v. White Castle Sys., Inc., 2023 IL 128004 (Ill. 2023). · cites it 2× “¶5 Generally, plaintiff’s complaint alleged that White Castle implemented this biometric-collection system without obtaining her consent in violation of the Act (740 ILCS 14/1 et seq. (West 2018)), which became effective in 2008 (see Pub.”
Rosenbach v. Six Flags Ent. Corp., 2019 IL 123186 (Ill. 2019). · cites it 3× “OPINION ¶1 The Biometric Information Privacy Act (Act) (740 ILCS 14/1 et seq. (West 2016)) imposes numerous restrictions on how private entities collect, retain, disclose, and destroy biometric identifiers, including retina or iris scans, fingerprints, voiceprints, scans of hand…”
Melissa Thornley v. Clearview AI, Inc., 984 F.3d 1241 (7th Cir. 2021). “See 740 ILCS 14/1 et seq. It does so by regulating the collection, retention, disclosure, and destruction of biometric identifiers or information—for example, retinal scans, fingerprints, or fa- cial geometry.”
West Bend Mut. Ins. Co. v. Krishna Schaumburg Tan, Inc., 2021 IL 125978 (Ill. 2021). “Tan, and alleged that Krishna (1) violated the Biometric Information Privacy Act (Act) (740 ILCS 14/1 et seq. (West 2018)) provisions relating to the collection of biometric identifiers and biometric information when it scanned Sekura’s and its other customers’ 1 fingerprints…”
Rivera v. Google Inc., 238 F. Supp. 3d 1088 (N.D. Ill. 2017). “740ILCS 14/1 et seq. A private entity cannot gather and use someone’s “biometric identifier”—defined as retinal or iris scans, fingerprints, voiceprints, or hand or face geometry scans—unless that person has consented.”
Liu v. Four Seasons Hotel, Ltd., 2019 IL App (1st) 182645 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). · cites it 2× “(Four Seasons), violated the Act in its method of collecting, using, storing, and disclosing their biometric data, namely, their fingerprints for timekeeping purposes.”
Tims v. Black Horse Carriers, Inc., 2023 IL 127801 (Ill. 2023). “¶ 13 The circuit court denied the motion to reconsider and certified the following question to the appellate court: “[w]hether the limitations periods set forth in 735 ILCS 5/13-201 (‘Defamation—Privacy’) or 735 ILCS 5/13-205 apply to claims brought under the Biometric…”
Walton v. Roosevelt Univ., 2022 IL App (1st) 210011 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). · cites it 4× “The certified question asks us to determine whether claims asserted by union member-employees under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (Privacy Act) (740 ILCS 14/1 et seq. (West 2020)) are preempted by federal law.”
Tims v. Black Horse Carriers, Inc., 2021 IL App (1st) 200563 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “740 ILCS 14/1 et seq. (West 2018). Defendant brings this interlocutory appeal from circuit court orders denying its motion to dismiss on limitation grounds, denying reconsideration of the same, and certifying a question to this court: whether the limitation period in section…”
Barnes v. Aryzta, LLC, 288 F. Supp. 3d 834 (E.D. Ill. 2017). “Plaintiff, on behalf of himself and a class of similarly situated individuals, alleges that Defendant violates the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act ("BIPA"), 740 ILCS 14/1 et seq. , and is liable for negligence.”
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