Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act
740 ILCS 14 · Read 2026-08-15
In force since 2008. The act carries a private right of action, which is why it drives most biometric litigation in the United States. Section 20 was amended in 2024 on how violations are counted.
Identifier
- Identifier
- 740 ILCS 14
- Level
- State IL
- Status
- In force
- Adopted
- 2008-10-03
- Applies from
- 2008-10-03
- Supervisory bodies
- Illinois AG
Named requirements
Written retention and destruction policy
740 ILCS 14/15(a)
A publicly available schedule for retention and permanent destruction of biometric identifiers.
Informed written consent
740 ILCS 14/15(b)
Written notice of purpose and term, and a written release, before collection.
No profit from biometric data
740 ILCS 14/15(c)
A prohibition on selling, leasing or otherwise profiting from biometric identifiers.
Disclosure limits
740 ILCS 14/15(d)
Disclosure only with consent, to complete a transaction, or under law.
Standard of care
740 ILCS 14/15(e)
The same standard of care used for other confidential and sensitive information.
Private right of action
740 ILCS 14/20
Statutory damages per violation, recoverable by the aggrieved person.
Official source
EU acts on the same ground
- gdpr
Biometric data for identification is a special category under Article 9 GDPR, but the GDPR has no equivalent statutory damages route.
United States case law
12 decisions · Read from CourtListener, Free Law Project on 2026-08-22.
- Christine McGoveran v. Amazon Web Services Inc
3rd Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
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- Tanya Svoboda v. Amazon.com Inc.
7th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
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- Tanya Svoboda v. Amazon.com Inc.
7th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
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- Citizens Insurance Company of America v. Mullins Food Products, Inc.
135 F.4th 10827th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
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- Paula Wallrich v. Samsung Electronics America, Incorporated
106 F.4th 6097th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
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- Clayton Zellmer v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
104 F.4th 11179th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
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- Alex Coatney v. Ancestry.com DNA, LLC
93 F.4th 10147th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
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- Citizens Insurance Company of America v. Wynndalco Enterprises, LLC
70 F.4th 9877th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
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- Latrina Cothron v. White Castle System, Inc.
20 F.4th 11567th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
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- Fredy Sosa v. Onfido, Inc.
8 F.4th 6317th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
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- Campbell v. Facebook, Inc.
951 F.3d 11069th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
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- Nimesh Patel v. Facebook, Inc.
932 F.3d 12649th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
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Change monitoring
The row is re-read against the publisher's own publication on a fixed interval. The dates below can be checked on the spot and travel with the API response.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Register | Illinois AG, 740 ILCS 14 |
| Publisher | Office of the Attorney General of Illinois |
| Last read | 2026-08-15 |
| Interval | Every 30 days |
| Next re-read | 2026-09-14 |
| Status | Re-read scheduled |
Row history
Dated events concerning this exact row, newest first. No event appears here without a date in a primary source.
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-15 | Row read against the official publication | Office of the Attorney General of Illinois |
| 2008-10-03 | Adopted under 740 ILCS 14 | Office of the Attorney General of Illinois |
| 2008-10-03 | Date of application according to the publisher | Office of the Attorney General of Illinois |
Monitoring states when the row was checked, not how the legal position should be assessed.
Cite this row
The string below travels with a memo, a case file or an agent chain. The same string sits in the citation field of the API response.
740 ILCS 14, Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. NovaCopilot, https://legal.exploreworldai.com/us/regler/illinois-bipa (hämtad 2026-10-14, bevis sha256:402ddcde2c74d273, bygge legal-2026-10-14).
- sha256:
- 402ddcde2c74d273693e651039c1b47d15820160bff9f53f193869422ccc3eda
- hämtad:
- 2026-10-14
- source_confidence:
- derived
- bygge:
- legal-2026-10-14
Derived path to the publisher. The address is built from the identifier and lands in the publisher's own register. ilga.gov.
The row is a source reference with an official identifier. No legal advice and no compliance decision.
Verifiable trust signals
- Six fixed blocks, one source per line
- No sentence written by a language model
- Engine version and read date on every answer
- No customer data, no documents, no advice
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