The possibly very expensive issue at the center of the case is whether private entities — in this case the burger-slinging chain — are liable every time they collected a person’s biometric data without their consent. According to court documents, White Castle only obtained permission to use its employees’ fingerprints in 2018, a decade after the bill was signed.

Mann, T. (2023, February 18). White Castle collecting burger slingers’ fingerprints looks like a $17B mistake. The Register. https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/18/white_castle_fingerprints_fine/