{"id":1417,"date":"2022-11-23T05:27:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T05:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sweepstakesbible.com\/blog\/?p=1417"},"modified":"2023-01-09T05:35:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T05:35:52","slug":"cruz-bipa-settlement-cruzbipasettlement-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sweepstakesbible.com\/blog\/settlement\/cruz-bipa-settlement-cruzbipasettlement-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz BIPA Settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Connor Group, A Real Estate Investment Firm, LLC (TCG) has agreed to resolve claims that it collected biometric information or identifiers for timekeeping without prior consent with a $237600 settlement. Plaintiffs have alleged that the defendants didn\u2019t obtain written or informed consent, provide notice, or make publicly available a biometric data policy according to the requirements of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Settlement website &#8211; <\/strong>Cruzbipasettlement.com<br \/>\n<strong>Objection deadline \u2013 <\/strong>01\/03\/2023<br \/>\n<strong>Exclusion deadline &#8211; <\/strong>01\/03\/2023<br \/>\n<strong>Claim Form &#8211; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cruzbipasettlement.com\/change-of-address-form\/\">https:\/\/cruzbipasettlement.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Deadline for submitting the claim \u2013 <\/strong>01\/21\/2023<br \/>\n<strong>Final Hearing date \u2013 <\/strong>01\/24\/2023 at 10:00 a.m.<br \/>\n<strong>Settlement amount &#8211; <\/strong>$237600<br \/>\n<strong>Potential claim amount \u2013 <\/strong>The proportionate share is estimated to be $452 but the final amount will depend on the number of exclusion requests submitted.<br \/>\n<strong>Proof of purchase \u2013 <\/strong>Not required<\/p>\n<p>TCG has agreed to honor the settlement terms despite denying all wrongdoing and maintaining that it hasn\u2019t violated BIPA or any other law. Class members will be eligible for the benefits of this settlement if they worked with Connor Group in Illinois including as a temporary contractor or worker whose biometrics were captured, collected, received, or otherwise obtained by the Connor Group before they signed a written consent form between 28<sup>th<\/sup> February 2017 and 8<sup>th<\/sup> April 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Connor Group, A Real Estate Investment Firm, LLC (TCG) has agreed to resolve claims that it collected biometric information or identifiers for timekeeping without prior consent with a $237600 settlement. Plaintiffs have alleged that the defendants didn\u2019t obtain written or informed consent, provide notice, or make publicly available a biometric data policy according to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweepstakesbible.com\/blog\/settlement\/cruz-bipa-settlement-cruzbipasettlement-com\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cruz BIPA Settlement<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-1417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-settlement","tag-biometric-data-lawsuit","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cruz BIPA Settlement - Sweepstakesbible Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweepstakesbible.com\/blog\/settlement\/cruz-bipa-settlement-cruzbipasettlement-com\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cruz BIPA Settlement - Sweepstakesbible Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Connor Group, A Real Estate Investment Firm, LLC (TCG) has agreed to resolve claims that it collected biometric information or identifiers for timekeeping without prior consent with a $237600 settlement. 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