A proposed Settlement in a class action lawsuit, Robert Cannon and Tonia Lewis v. FIC America Corp., Case No. 20-L-000121, is pending in the Circuit Court of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, DuPage County.

The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), 740 ILCS 14/1, et seq., prohibits private entities from collecting, capturing, purchasing, receiving through trade, or otherwise obtaining, storing, selling, leasing, trading, or otherwise profiting from, disclosing, redisclosing, disseminating, or transmitting, and/or using biometric identifiers and/or biometric information, such as fingerprints, of an individual for any purpose, including timekeeping, without first providing such individual with certain written disclosures and obtaining their written consent. This lawsuit alleges that Defendant violated BIPA by requiring current and former workers to submit their fingerprint for timekeeping purposes between January 30, 2015 and January 24, 2024, without first providing the requisite disclosures or obtaining the requisite consent. Defendant FIC America Corp. (“FIC” or “Defendant”) contests these claims, denies that it violated BIPA and denies any and all liability for the claims raised in the lawsuit.

This Settlement includes people who performed work for FIC in Illinois and had their biometric identifiers or biometric information, such as their fingerprint, allegedly collected, captured, received, obtained, maintained, stored, transmitted, or otherwise disclosed by Defendant or its agents without them first signing a consent regarding same.