Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act

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

• www.ilga.gov
• illinoisattorneygeneral.gov

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.2026-05-12Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• Tanya Svoboda v. Amazon.com Inc.

  7th Cir.2026-03-06Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• Tanya Svoboda v. Amazon.com Inc.

  7th Cir.2025-12-19Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• Citizens Insurance Company of America v. Mullins Food Products, Inc.

  135 F.4th 10827th Cir.2025-05-02Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• Paula Wallrich v. Samsung Electronics America, Incorporated

  106 F.4th 6097th Cir.2024-07-01Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• Clayton Zellmer v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

  104 F.4th 11179th Cir.2024-06-17Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• Alex Coatney v. Ancestry.com DNA, LLC

  93 F.4th 10147th Cir.2024-02-15Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• Citizens Insurance Company of America v. Wynndalco Enterprises, LLC

  70 F.4th 9877th Cir.2023-06-15Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• Latrina Cothron v. White Castle System, Inc.

  20 F.4th 11567th Cir.2021-12-20Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• Fredy Sosa v. Onfido, Inc.

  8 F.4th 6317th Cir.2021-08-11Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• Campbell v. Facebook, Inc.

  951 F.3d 11069th Cir.2020-03-03Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• Nimesh Patel v. Facebook, Inc.

  932 F.3d 12649th Cir.2019-08-08Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome