While some of the lawsuits have targeted big tech companies or others scanning the biometrics of customers and other tech users, the vast bulk of the lawsuits to date have taken aim at employers who require their workers to scan fingerprints or other biometric identifiers when punching the clock at work, or when accessing secured settings, such as drug closets, cash rooms, or, in this case, armored vehicles filled with money or other valuables. However, since about 2015, the law has underpinned a barrage of thousands of class action lawsuits. Supporters said the law was needed to ensure companies safeguarded Illinoisans’ unique biometric identifying information. The plaintiffs assert these alleged actions amounted to violations of employees’ rights under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, which allegedly requires employers to provide such notice and obtain consent before requiring workers to verify their identities using such fingerprint scanners.īIPA has been on the books in Illinois since 2008. Nor did Brinks provide certain written notices concerning how those biometric scans would be stored, used and ultimately destroyed. However, according to the lawsuit, Brinks did not first secure written authorization from its Illinois employees before requiring them to scan their fingerprints into Brinks’ security database.
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Under this system, Brink’s drivers or other employees are required to scan their fingerprints to unlock the trucks’ secured rear compartment.Īccording to the complaint, Brinks has deployed this system across its fleet of vehicles. The lawsuit centers on Brink’s use of a biometric security system to secure currency and other valuables being transported in their armored trucks. The plaintiffs seek to expand their lawsuit to include virtually everyone who drove a Brink’s truck in Illinois in the last five years. He is identified in the complaint as resident of Lake County and a Brink’s armored vehicle driver. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of named plaintiff Troy Gawron. Dominick Larry, of the Nick Larry Law firm, of Chicago, filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court against Brink’s. has improperly required them to scan their fingerprints to verify their identities when they access the secured rear of the vehicle, where the cash and other valuables are stored.
One of the country’s largest operators of armored security trucks has become one of the latest targets of a class action under Illinois’ biometrics privacy law, as employees claim Brink’s Inc.
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