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Company: Hyatt Corp.
Current Parent Company: Hyatt Hotels
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Penalty: $1,565,100
Year: 2022
Date: January 26, 2022
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Violation Description: Hyatt agreed to a settlement worth about $1.5 million to resolve class action litigation alleging it violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by requiring employees to use a fingerprint-based timekeeping system.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Cook County (IL) Circuit Court
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 2017-CH-14483
Case Name: Rapai v. Hyatt Corporation d/b/a Hyatt Lodge
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: Illinois
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Illinois
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: hotels
Specific Industry of Current Parent: hotels
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.