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Illinois Supreme Court says infringement of rights under Biometric Act is sufficient for a claim, even absent additional harm
Hogan Lovells, Hogan Lovells, 2019
Read the originalRead on October 16, 2026
- What it is
- A law firm client alert on Rosenbach v. Six Flags (Illinois Supreme Court, 2019), summarizing what the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act covers and requires.
- How much weight it carries
- A major law firm summarizing a published court decision. It is commentary, not the statute, so the statute text is the final authority.
Facts taken from this source
- Illinois's Biometric Information Privacy Act defines biometric identifiers to include voiceprints, alongside fingerprints and iris scans.
“BIPA defines “biometric identifiers” to include things like fingerprints as well as voiceprints and iris scans” (Summary of the Act)
- BIPA gives a private right of action to any person aggrieved by a violation of the Act.
“BIPA provides a private right of action against the offending party” (Summary of the Act (remedies))
- Under BIPA, before a business collects a biometric identifier, it must obtain written consent from the data subject or their legal representative.
“obtain written consent from the data subject or his or her legal representative” (Summary of the Act (list of requirements))
Pages that rest on this source
- Speech to Text Privacy: Where Your Voice GoesTopic
- Is Voice to Text Safe? How to Dictate PrivatelyGuide
- Is Your Voice Biometric Data? GDPR, BIPA and CCPAGuide
- Voice Cloning and Deepfakes: Risks and ProtectionGuide
- Does Illinois BIPA cover voiceprints?Question
- How does a voice recognition security system work?Question
- Is it legal to clone someone's voice?Question
- Is voice authentication still secure?Question
- What is the difference between speech recognition and voice recognition?Question
- Biometric dataGlossary
- VoiceprintGlossary
- Does speech to text collect biometric data?Question