Frequently Asked Questions

The Court certified Class includes: “All individuals who had their fingers scanned by Defendant’s timekeeping system within the State of Illinois from February 21, 2014 through and including January 21, 2018.” You may be a current or former employee or contractor of TAS, and had your finger scanned in order to record your hours of work within the State of Illinois, in particular while working for or with TAS at O’Hare International Airport during this time period. You are receiving this Notice because records produced in this case indicate that the timekeeping system used by TAS may have scanned your finger, created, and stored a template of your finger to identify you when using TAS’s timeclocks. More information is in the detailed Long Form Website Notice.

The lawsuit claims that TAS used timeclocks to track hours of work that used biometric technology to collect, create, and store users’ finger template in violation of BIPA. TAS denies these allegations, denies violations of any law, and denies all liability. The lawsuit seeks damages for each Class Member of $1,000 for each violation committed. The Court has not decided whether the Class or TAS is right. If the case is not resolved through legal motions or settled, the lawyers for the Class will have to prove their claims at a trial.

The Court has appointed lawyers from the firm of Caffarelli & Associates, Ltd. to represent the Class as “Class Counsel.” You do not have to pay Class Counsel or anyone else to participate. Instead, if Class Counsel gets money or benefits for the Class, they may ask the Court for attorneys’ fees and costs. If the Court grants Class Counsel’s request, the fees and costs would either be deducted from any money obtained for the Class or paid separately by TAS. If you want to be represented by your own lawyer in this case, you may hire one at your expense. Kristin Nedialkova is a Class Member like you, and the Court appointed her as the “Class Representative.”

Class Counsel will have to prove the Class Representative’s claims at a trial if the case is not settled or decided through legal motions. No trial date has been scheduled at this time. If a trial takes place, it will be held at the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 W. Washington Street, Courtroom 2410, Chicago, Illinois 60602. A trial date may be scheduled without further notice to you. During the trial, a jury will hear all of the evidence to help them reach a decision about which party is right about the claims in the lawsuit. There is no guarantee that the Class Representative will win or that she will get any money for the Class, nor is there any guarantee that you will be considered a Class Member.

For more information about the case, including a detailed Long Form Website Notice and other documents about this lawsuit and your rights, visit the Important Case Documents page. You may also obtain more information by contacting the administrator at 1-866-313-3329, or you may write the administrator at TASBIPAlawsuit@noticeadministrator.com or at Nedialkova v TAS, c/o Analytics Consulting LLC, PO Box 2002, Chanhassen MN 55317-2002, or contact Class Counsel at 312-763-6880 or by email at info@caffarelli.com.

DO NOT CALL OR WRITE THE COURT FOR INFORMATION OR ADVICE.