Illinois Judge OKs Topgolf’s Biometric Privacy Settlement

A $2.6 million biometric privacy settlement between Top Golf USA Inc. and its employees was preliminarily approved by an Illinois federal judge.

The deal is fair, reasonable, and adequate, Judge Edmond E. Chang wrote in a preliminary approval order filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Attorneys representing Topgolf didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

The proposed settlement resolves allegations that Topgolf violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. Former employees sued the sports entertainment chain in state court in September 2019, accusing Topgolf of violating BIPA by collecting employees’ fingerprints without ...