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8:16 pm ET - Class Action: Rivers Casino Customer Surveillance Systems Broke Law
The country’s second largest retail pharmacy chain and Illinois’ busiest casino have each been hit with class actions under an Illinois biometrics privacy law, accusing the companies of illegally tracking their customers’ movements using video technology.
On Oct. 15, lawyers with the firm of Werman Salas P.C., of Chicago, and of Fitapelli & Schaffer LLP, of New York, filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court against Midwest Gaming & Entertainment LLC, the owners of Rivers Casino in Des Plaines. The named plaintiff in that putative class action was identified as Leon Martin.
That was followed on Oct. 16 by a class action in Cook County court against Walgreens. Attorneys with the firm of McGuire Law P.C. brought that lawsuit on behalf of named plaintiff Peter Bonahoom.
The lawsuits against both companies said they had violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. Source: Cook County Record
