A judge in Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago issued final approval for a $1.5 million settlement between L.A. Tan Enterprises Inc. and a class of the franchise's customers relating to the state's biometric data laws.The latter claim that L.A. Tan Enterprise failed to properly handle their biometric information. Biometric data refers to fingerprints, DNA and other often physiological characteristics that can be used to identify a human being.According to the suit, the franchise L.A. Tan used fingerprint scanning technology rather than a key fob to identify its customers in a membership database. The lawsuit claimed L.A. Tan failed to obtain written consent from customers to use this data, or provide information about how it would store their biometric data and when, if ever, that data might be destroyed if customers dropped their membership, the franchise closed or other circumstances arose.Richman said that the suit did not accuse L.A. Tan of doing anything nefarious or losing or selling its customers' biometric fingerprint data. Rather, the company did not treat the data as carefully as the law requires, the suit claimed.”That type of information is incredibly sensitive,” he said. “You can get a new social security card if it's stolen, but you can't go get a new fingerprint or a new face. This information was incredibly sensitive and it should be treated as such.”
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