Illinois residents who use Snapchat may be eligible for payouts of between $58 and $117 in a class-action privacy settlement reached by the app’s parent company, Snap. Inc., this month.
Illinois residents who use Snapchat may be eligible for payouts of between $58 and $117 in a class-action privacy settlement reached this month by the app’s parent company, Snap. Inc.
The logo for Snap Inc. appears above a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Feb. 5, 2020. The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, passed in 2008, requires prior notification and consent before a private entity can collect and save biometric data. The law, which is unusual in part because it allows private citizens to sue companies, has led to hundreds of lawsuits across the state and the U.S.