Illinois Settlement Claims: Wendy has agreed to pay big in a multi-million dollar settlement that involves worker fingerprints.

Illinois Settlement Claims lawsuit: The fingerprint collection was a breach of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act

Wendy has been sued for taking the fingerprint biometrics of employers without following privacy laws, and because of that Illinois Settlement Claims will be available to qualified individuals.

According to Top Class Actions, Wendy’s has not confessed to any violation but agreed to pay $18.2 million Illinois Settlement Claims to resolve the issue.

Illinois Settlement Claims was given because Wendy’s employees were allegedly required to scan their fingerprints in a fingerprint point of sale system between September 11, 2013, and November 29, 2023. The state has forbidden it under its privacy law.

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Illinois Settlement Claims lawsuit claims that this exposes employees to serious and irreversible privacy risks

According to the Illinois Settlement Claims lawsuit when Wendy’s employees first begin their jobs, they are required to scan their fingerprint in its biometric time tracking system as a means of authentication, instead of using key fobs or other identification cards.

While there are tremendous benefits to using biometric time clocks in the workplace, there are also serious risks. If a fingerprint database is hacked and exposed, employees have no means by which to prevent identity theft and unauthorized tracking.

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