CHICAGO -- Target was just hit with a class-action lawsuit from Illinois shoppers, who say the retail giant used high-tech cameras to collect face scans of its customers – so as to help identify potential shoplifters.The lawsuit comes just as important changes to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act are about to go into effect. The amendment to the act got the green light in Springfield and is set to be signed by Gov. JB Pritzker.
'Some of these lawsuits, and the damages that are assessed in them, realistically bankrupt companies - and I don't think that was the intent of the statute,' said attorney J.T. Wilson III of the firm Epstein Becker Green.Wilson is not affiliated with the cases, but has represented other defendants in BIPA-related complaints… 'What makes Illinois' statute so unique and different is that it gives the private right of action,' said Wilson.