Does US privacy regulation trump a state’s biometrics law? Supreme Court to decide

The U.S. state of Illinois' Supreme Court is hearing another biometric privacy case, this one brought by health care workers who feel their employers forced them to use fingerprint sensors without consent.

The plaintiffs, who have worked for two Chicago-area hospitals, say that the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act protects them from being forced to submit their biometric data the same as any private-sector employees in the state are protected.

The defendants include University of Chicago's Ingalls Memorial Hospital, Northwestern …

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