The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois approved a $3.2 million settlement between restaurant chain Corner Bakery Cafe and a former employee over violations of Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act. The case stemmed from the cafe's collection and storage of employee fingerprints for its biometric timekeeping system. Meanwhile, Twitter is seeking to dismiss a privacy suit brought by shareholders, while The Weather Company is motioning to have a location privacy suit tossed.
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