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Six Flags Will Pay $36 Million to Settle a Lawsuit Over Finger Scans

Six Flags Great America has agreed to a $36 million settlement to end a class-action lawsuit over the amusement park’s use of finger-scan entry gates. 

Six Flags doesn’t admit to any fault or liability as part of the agreement, which is subject to final approval at a court hearing in October. 

The lawsuit, filed in Lake County, claims that the finger scan violates the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act, which regulates how companies can use an individual’s biometric data — such as a fingerprint or a scan of the hand or face geometry.

The law, passed in 2008, was first the state or federal law to establish a person's individual right to sue over biometric privacy rights. It also requires that entities must have written consent from a person before collecting and storing that person’s biometric information.

Read the source article at Kewanee Star Courier

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