Biometric Scans Violate Privacy Law, Hospital Workers Say

By Hannah Meisel (March 21, 2018, 9:06 PM EDT) -- Illinois' Northshore University Health System, which has four locations in the suburban Chicago area, was hit with a putative class action in Cook County Circuit Court on Monday over claims that its practice of making employees scan their retinas or hands to gain access to restricted hospital areas violates the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act....

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