Illinois: Boyd Gaming’s Par-A-Dice Casino paying settlement in facial recognition data lawsuit

Illinois: Boyd Gaming’s Par-A-Dice Casino paying settlement in facial recognition data lawsuit

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  • Tim Shelley, WCBU Radio
January 9, 2023 8:48 PM
  • Tim Shelley, WCBU Radio

Patrons at the Par-A-Dice Casino could be eligible for a slice of a class action settlement if they were captured by certain facial recognition security cameras.

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People who passed by certain security cameras at PAD’s Sportsbook at the East Peoria casino between September 2020 and June 2021 are included in the $825,000 settlement of a lawsuit alleging the casino violated the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act.

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit say Par-A-Dice used the cameras to collect, store, and use unique facial recognition data in violation of the state’s BIPA law. Illinois has what is perhaps the broadest biometric information privacy law in the country.