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Walgreens pharmacy chain hit with US biometric privacy suit

( October 2, 2020, 23:06 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Walgreens Boots Alliance, which owns Walgreens drug stores in the US, has been hit with a lawsuit filed in Chicago which claims violations of the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act through Walgreens' alleged use of facial-recognition cameras in its stores. Walgreens "fails to inform its visitors that it is collecting or storing biometric data; fails to inform visitors of the specific purposes and duration for which it collects their sensitive biometric data; fails to obtain written releases from visitors before collecting their sensitive biometric data; and fails to inform visitors that it discloses their sensitive biometric data to the third-party biometric device and software vendor(s), and to other, currently unknown, third parties, which, inter alia, host and/or analyze the biometric data," plaintiff Leroy Jacobs said in a complaint filed in Cook County Circuit Court.See attached complaint....

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