Laura Balson in our Chicago office recently discussed an amendment to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. At that time, the Illinois House and Senate had passed an amendment to Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, or “BIPA,” which was awaiting the signature of Gov, J.B. Pritzker (D). The amendment has now been signed and must be a consideration in BIPA litigation and in the use of biometric data.

Most significantly, the amendment specifies that an individual is limited to one recovery, even if there were multiple scans that violated the Act. This is good news for businesses.