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Company: White Castle System Inc.
Penalty: $9,394,440
Year: 2024
Date: August 5, 2024
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: White Castle agreed to pay $9 million to settle litigation alleging it violated Illinois biometric law by collecting fingerprints of employees.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of Illinois
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 1:19-cv-00382
Case Name: Cothron v. White Castle System, Inc. et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
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