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Whole Foods Settles BIPA Voiceprint Class Action
Hunton Andrews Kurth Privacy and Cybersecurity, NatLawReview (republished from the Hunton Andrews Kurth Privacy and Cybersecurity Law Blog), 2023
Read the originalRead on October 19, 2026
- What it is
- A law firm report, dated 18 January 2023, on a preliminary approval order in an Illinois class action against Whole Foods. The plaintiffs said that warehouse workers wore headsets that collected their voiceprints without a written retention policy or consent, in breach of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.
- How much weight it carries
- Written by a law firm that followed the case, and it quotes the court's preliminary approval order. It reports allegations and a preliminary approval, not a final payment. The court file was not read, and the settlement figure is stated as approximate (nearly $300,000).
Facts taken from this source
- In January 2023, an Illinois state court gave preliminary approval to a settlement of nearly $300,000 in a class action against Whole Foods, which the plaintiffs said collected warehouse workers' voiceprints through headsets under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.
“a preliminary approval order for a settlement of nearly $300,000 in a class action lawsuit against Whole Foods” (Opening paragraph)