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State contractor exemption doesn’t shield UP from truckers’ IL fingerprint scan suit

State contractor exemption doesn’t shield UP from truckers’ IL fingerprint scan suit A group of potentially thousands of truck drivers can move ahead with a class action lawsuit accusing railroad operator Union Pacific of scanning their fingerprints, allegedly in violation of Illinois' stringent biometrics privacy law, after a federal appeals panel agreed Union Pacific's contracts with Metra and other taxpayer-funded units of Illinois government don't protect it from a potentially big payout. Source: Legal Newsline

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