Levy Restaurants Hit With Privacy Suit Over Worker Fingerprints

Levy Restaurants collected and disclosed the biometric information of its food-service employees in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, a proposed federal class action said.

Former Levy bartender Karen Jurgens alleged that the company, which is also known as Compass Group USA Inc., required workers to allow their fingerprints to be scanned when they clocked in and out of work each day, but didn’t comply with BIPA’s notice and consent requirements.

The statute requires entities that collect biometric information from their workers to inform them in writing of the purpose of the data collection and the length ...