E.A. Sween Facial Scans for Timekeeping Illinois BIPA Complaint

March 23, 2022

E.A. Sween Company is one of the many companies that now use employee biometrics for timekeeping purposes. The company requires that employees have their facial geometry scanned and then uses the scans to monitor the amount of time they work. More and more companies are requiring the use of biometrics, for worker identification or authentication, but the complaint alleges that Sween does not fulfill the requirements of an Illinois law, the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) when it uses the biometrics of Illinois citizens.