On January 24, 2023, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted final approval of a class action settlement in the lawsuit Cruz v. The Connor Group, A Real Estate Investment Firm, LLC, Case No. 1:22-cv-01966.  The Settlement Administrator began to send settlement payments to eligible class members on March 23, 2023.

• A Settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit against The Connor Group, A Real Estate Investment Firm, LLC (“TCG”). The class action lawsuit involves whether TCG unlawfully collected or captured Biometric Identifiers and/or Biometric Information without first providing notice, obtaining informed written consent or making a biometric data policy publicly available in violation of the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (“BIPA” or “Privacy Act”), 740 ILCS 14/1 et seq.
• You are included if you worked for TCG in Illinois and had your Biometric Identifiers and/or Biometric Information allegedly collected or captured by TCG without first signing a written consent form, for the period February 28, 2017, through April 8, 2022.

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