Illinois Transportation Company Hit With Biometric Privacy Suit

Hundreds of EVO Transportation and Energy Services Inc. current and former workers claim the company illegally captured scans of their faces using cameras aimed at individual employees.

In a March 5 Illinois Circuit Court filing, plaintiff Scott Carlson claimed the company violated the state Biometric Information Privacy Act by not informing workers in writing the company was collecting and storing their face scans and for how long the information would be stored.

Plaintiffs seek class certification, a court declaration the company violated the BIPA law, and damages of $5,000 for each willful and reckless BIPA violation and $1,000 for ...