Chicago Cubs, Security Partners Slammed With Wrigley Field Biometric Privacy Violation Claims

An Illinois man claims the Chicago Cubs violated the state’s Biometric Info Privateness Act (BIPA) by amassing facial recognition info and biometric identifiers from the visitors who attend Cubs video games at Wrigley Discipline. The plaintiff filed the class-action grievance within the U.S. District Courtroom for the Northern District of Illinois Monday towards the Cubs and their contracted safety providers, Blue Star Safety and Safety Providers Holdings, doing enterprise as Protos Safety, searching for $5,000 per BIPA violation beneath the statute.