1. Why was a notice issued?
2. What is a class action?
3. What is this lawsuit about?
4. Why is there a settlement?
5. How do I know if I am in the Settlement Class?
6. What does the Settlement provide?
7. How can I get a payment from the Settlement?
8. When will I get my payment?
9. What am I giving up if I stay in the Class?
10. What happens if I do nothing at all?
11. Do I have a lawyer in the case?
12. How will the lawyers be paid?
13. How do I exclude myself from the Settlement?
14. If I don’t exclude myself, can I sue ITS for the same thing later?
15. If I exclude myself, can I get anything from this Settlement?
16. How do I object to the Settlement?
17. When and where will the Court decide whether to approve the Settlement?
18. How do I update my Address?
19. Where do I get more information?
You may have received notice of this Settlement because records show that, you scanned a portion of your hand or finger on the timeclocks at issue in this lawsuit connection with your employment with ITS in the State of Illinois between September 7, 2017, and August 29, 2024, and did not have an applicable exclusion. If you did scan a portion of your hand or finger on the timeclocks during this time period without an applicable exclusion, you may be a member of the Settlement Class and are entitled to receive Settlement benefits if you submit an Approved Claim to the Settlement Administrator before the deadline and if the Court grants final approval of the Settlement. You also have other options as described in the Notice.
A Court authorized the Notice because you have a right to know about a proposed Settlement of this class action lawsuit and about your options before the Court decides whether to give final approval to the Settlement.
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In a class action, one person, called a class representative (in this case, Michelle McGivney) sues on behalf of a group or a “class” of people who have similar claims. In a class action, one court resolves the issues for all class members, except for those who exclude themselves from the Class. The parties have agreed, and the Court has preliminarily decided, that this lawsuit can proceed as a class action for settlement purposes only.
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The lawsuit alleges that the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”), 740 ILCS 14/1, et seq., prohibits private companies from capturing, obtaining, and/or disclosing biometric identifiers and/or biometric information, alleged to include scans of partial handprints or fingerprints, of an individual without first providing such individual with certain written disclosures and obtaining written consent. This lawsuit alleges that Defendant violated the BIPA as described above.
Defendant denies the claims in the lawsuit and contends that it did not do anything wrong and denies that class certification is warranted or appropriate. The Court did not resolve the claims or defenses raised in this action. Nor has the Court determined that Defendant did anything wrong or that this matter should be certified as a class action, except for settlement purposes only and only if the Settlement is fully approved by the Court. Rather, the Parties have, without admitting liability, agreed to settle the lawsuit to avoid the uncertainties and expenses associated with ongoing litigation.
The Parties (Plaintiff and Defendant) and Class Counsel are not aware that any biometric identifiers or information have been compromised, breached, or hacked. Defendant has denied and continues to deny wrongdoing or liability under the statute for the allegations in the lawsuit and has denied that any data collected by its timeclocks has been compromised, breached, or hacked.
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To resolve this matter without the expense, delay, and uncertainties of continued litigation, the Parties have reached a Settlement, which resolves all claims against Defendant. The Court has not decided whether the Plaintiff or Defendant should win this case. Instead, both sides agreed to a settlement. The Settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing by Defendant and does not imply that there has been, or would be, any finding that Defendant violated the law.
The issuance of a notice is not an expression of the Court’s opinion on the merit or the lack of merit of the Representative Plaintiff’s claims or the defenses in the lawsuit. Both parties recognize that to resolve the issues raised in the lawsuit would be time-consuming, uncertain, and expensive.
The Court has already preliminarily approved the Settlement. Nevertheless, because the Settlement of a class action determines the rights of all members of the class, the Court overseeing this lawsuit must give final approval to the Settlement before it can be effective. The Court has conditionally certified the Settlement Class for settlement purposes only, so that members of the Settlement Class can be given the Notice and the opportunity to submit a Claim Form, object, or to exclude themselves from the Settlement Class. If the Court does not grant final approval of the Settlement, or if it is terminated by the Parties, the Settlement will be void, and the lawsuit will proceed as if there had been no settlement and no certification of the Settlement Class.
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The following Settlement Class has been conditionally certified by the Court for settlement purposes only:
All persons in the state of Illinois who are or were employed by Defendant, and whose partial handprint or fingerprint or other biometric information is or was collected, captured, or otherwise obtained by Defendant at any time during the class period. Excluded from the class: (a) all persons who timely and validly elect to exclude themselves from the Settlement Class; (b) the Court and staff to whom this case is assigned and any member of the Court’s or staff’s immediate family; (c) all persons who have previously released the claims at issue in this action in connection with individual BIPA or other claims; and (d) all persons whose employment was governed by a collective bargaining agreement (implicating preemption under the Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (“LMRA”)).
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Defendant has agreed to create a Settlement Fund. If the Settlement is approved, each Settlement Class Member who submits an Approved Claim will be entitled to a cash payment from the Settlement Fund as more fully described in the Settlement Agreement. For those Settlement Class Members entitled to a cash payment, the exact amount of such payment is unknown at this time and may vary depending on several factors, including the costs of the other expenses to be paid from the Settlement Fund.
The Settlement Administrator will calculate the final amount that is due to each eligible Settlement Class Member and shall pay Settlement distributions directly to each eligible Class Member who timely returns a completed valid Claim Form and who does not actively remove himself or herself from the Class and who otherwise qualifies for a payment of approximately $964.48 per class member after the deduction of attorneys’ fees, costs, and Plaintiff’s incentive award.
A copy of the Settlement Agreement can be found here.
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If you are a member of the Settlement Class, you must submit a timely and properly completed Claim Form postmarked no later than December 4, 2026, to receive a Settlement payment. If you are a member of the Settlement Class, you should have received a Claim Form in the mail. If you did not receive a Claim Form in the mail and you believe you are a member of the Settlement Class, you can download a Claim Form here.
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The Final Approval Hearing is scheduled for January 7, 2027. The Parties cannot predict exactly when (or whether) the Court will give final approval to the Settlement, so please be patient. However, if the Court finally approves the Settlement, your check will be issued, if eligible, within 45 calendar days after the Effective Date of the Settlement. If there is an appeal of the Settlement, payment may be delayed.
All checks will expire and become void 90 days after they are issued.
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If the Court approves the proposed Settlement and the Settlement becomes final, the Court will enter a judgment that will dismiss the Action with prejudice on the merits as to all members of the Settlement Class who do not exclude themselves by timely submitting a valid Opt-Out. This means that members of the Settlement Class who do not exclude themselves will be barred from bringing their own lawsuits for recovery against Defendant and Released Parties based on or related to the Released Claims. Giving up your legal claims is called a release. The precise terms of the release are in the Settlement Agreement, which is available here. Unless you formally exclude yourself from this Settlement, you will release your claims. If you have any questions, you can talk for free to the attorneys identified below who have been appointed by the Court to represent the Settlement Class, or you are welcome to talk to any other lawyer of your choosing at your own expense.
The Settlement Agreement describes the released claims with specific descriptions, so read it carefully.
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If you are a member of the Settlement Class and do nothing, you will be included in the Settlement Class, but receive no benefits. You will be bound by the Court’s judgment, and release claims against Defendant and Released Parties relating to the claims in this case.
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The Court has appointed Neighborhood Legal LLC and Community Lawyers LLC to be the attorneys representing the Settlement Class. They are called “Class Counsel.” They believe, after conducting an extensive investigation, that the Settlement Agreement is fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the Settlement Class. You will not be charged for these lawyers. If you want to be represented by your own lawyer in this case, you may hire one at your expense.
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Any Class Counsel attorneys’ fees and costs awarded by the Court will be paid out of the Settlement Fund in an amount to be determined by the Court. The fee petition will seek no more than 33% of the Settlement Fund though the Court may award less than this amount. Under the Settlement Agreement, any amount awarded to Class Counsel will be paid out of the Settlement Fund.
Subject to approval by the Court, the Class Representative will seek to be paid up to $12,500.00 from the Settlement Fund.
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If you do not want to be legally bound by the Settlement, you must exclude yourself by mailing your written request for exclusion to the Settlement Administrator, Simpluris, at the address listed below, postmarked on or before the deadline. Your written request for exclusion must be signed and identify the name of the case and case number, McGivney v. ITS Technologies & Logistics, LLC, Case No. 2026-LA-000924, include your full name, current address, telephone number, and a statement that you wish to be excluded from the Settlement. If you exclude yourself, you will not receive any benefits from this Settlement, but you will not release any claims you may have against Defendant.
You must mail or deliver your exclusion request postmarked no later than December 4, 2026, to:
ITS BIPA Settlement
c/o Settlement Administrator
P.O. Box 25226
Santa Ana, CA, 92799
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No. Unless you exclude yourself, you give up any right to sue Defendant and the Released Parties for the Released Claims.
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No. If you exclude yourself, you will not get any benefits from the Settlement.
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If you are a Settlement Class Member and do not exclude yourself from the Settlement Class, you can object to the Settlement. If you wish to object to the Settlement, you must file your objection in writing with the Clerk of the Court of the Circuit Court of DuPage County Courthouse, 505 N. County Farm Rd., Wheaton, IL 60187200.
Any objection to the proposed Settlement must be in writing, personally signed by the objector, and must include: (1) the objector’s name and address; (2) an explanation of the basis upon which the objector claims to be a Settlement Class Member; (3) all grounds for the objection, including all citations to legal authority and evidence supporting the objection; (4) the name and contact information of any and all attorneys representing, advising, or in any way assisting the objector in connection with the preparation or submission of the objection or who may profit from the pursuit of the objection (the “Objecting Attorneys”); (5) the identification of any other objections he/she has filed, or has had filed on his/her behalf, in any other class action cases in the last five years; and (6) a statement indicating whether the objector intends to appear at the Final Approval Hearing. If you hire an attorney in connection with making an objection, that attorney must also file with the Court a notice of appearance by the objection deadline of December 4, 2026.
If you do hire your own attorney, you will be solely responsible for payment of any fees and expenses the attorney incurs on your behalf. If you exclude yourself from the Settlement, you cannot file an objection.
Settlement Class Members who do not timely make their objections in this manner will be deemed to have waived all objections and shall not be heard or have the right to appeal approval of the Settlement.
You must also mail or deliver a copy of your objection to Class Counsel and Defendant’s Counsel listed below postmarked no later than December 4, 2026.
Court | Class Counsel | Defendant’s Counsel |
Circuit Court of DuPage County Courthouse | Michael Drew | Orly Henry |
Any Settlement Class Member objector who has filed and served a timely written objection in accordance with this Section must also appear at the Final Approval Hearing either in person or through counsel hired by the objector. No objector may appear at the Final Approval Hearing unless he/she/they has filed a timely objection that complies with the procedures provided in this Question.
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The Court has already granted preliminary approval of the Settlement. The Court will hold the Final Approval Hearing at 9:00 a.m. on January 7, 2027, at the Circuit Court of DuPage County Courthouse, 505 N. County Farm Rd., Wheaton, IL 60187200, via Zoom [https://dupagecircuitclerk.gov/18thJudicial/Remote-Court-Hearings].
The purpose of the hearing will be for the Court to determine whether to approve the Settlement as fair, reasonable, adequate, and in the best interests of the Class; to consider the Class Counsel’s request for attorneys’ fees and expenses; and to consider the request for an Incentive Award to the Class Representative. At that hearing, the Court will be available to hear any timely filed objections and arguments concerning the fairness of the Settlement.
You are not obligated to attend this hearing unless you object to the Settlement. Class Counsel will answer questions the Court may have. But you are welcome to come at your own expense.
The hearing may be postponed to a different date or time without notice.
If the Court does not approve the Settlement, if it approves the Settlement and the approval is reversed on appeal, or if the Settlement does not become final for some other reason, you will not be paid at this time and Settlement Class Members will receive no benefits from the Settlement. Plaintiff, Defendant, and all of the Settlement Class Members will be in the same position as they were prior to the execution of the Settlement, and the Settlement will have no legal effect, no class will remain certified (conditionally or otherwise), and the Plaintiff and Defendant will continue to litigate the lawsuit. There can be no assurance that if the Settlement is not approved, the Settlement Class will recover more than is provided in the Settlement, or indeed, anything at all.
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You can notify the Settlement Administrator of any changes in your mailing address so that your Settlement payment will be sent to the correct address. To update your address, contact info@ITSBIPASettlement.com.
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This website and the Notice are a summary of the Settlement. More details are in the Settlement Agreement. You can get a copy of the Settlement Agreement on the Important Documents page. You may also contact the Settlement Administrator by phone at (833) 200-6678 or by email at info@ITSBIPASettlement.com. Before doing so, however, please read the full Notice carefully. In addition, all pleadings and documents filed in court may be reviewed or copied in the Office of the Clerk.
Please do not contact the Court Clerk or the Judge; they are not in a position to give you any advice about the Settlement.
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