Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, section 15(a): destroy biometric data when its purpose ends or within 3 years (740 ILCS 14/15(a))
Voiceprints, face geometry and other biometric data of Illinois residents must be permanently destroyed when the purpose they were collected for is met, or within 3 years of the person's last interaction, whichever is first. A closing company's purpose usually ends with the business.
Dated 31 Oct 2026Source checked 31 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
Selling a company's data? This is one of the rules a sale has to meet, and the guide beside the button reads it in plain words.
- No data upload
- About two minutes
- No email needed
In the source's own words
“(a) A private entity in possession of biometric identifiers or biometric information must develop a written policy, made available to the public, establishing a retention schedule and guidelines for permanently destroying biometric identifiers and biometric information when the initial purpose for collecting or obtaining such identifiers or information has been satisfied or within 3 years of the individual's last interaction with the private entity, whichever occurs first.”
Where it was read
Also read from the same source
- Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, collection and no profit from biometric data (740 ILCS 14/15(b)-(c))
- Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, definitions of biometric identifier and biometric information (740 ILCS 14/10)
- Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, private right of action and liquidated damages (740 ILCS 14/20(a))
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