This is an Issue Why?

Sometimes we think politicians write laws simply to provide plaintiff attorneys with reasons to sue:

• Two fans have filed nearly identical federal lawsuits accusing the Chicago Cubs and their security contractors of secretly collecting facial recognition data from visitors at Wrigley Field without consent. The cases are expected to be consolidated.

  In complaints filed days apart in Chicago, plaintiffs Gabriel Berta and Jill Lichte allege that the Cubs, Rosemont-based Blue Star Security, and Blue Star’s parent company, Connecticut-based Protos Security, violated Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Both suits claim the organizations installed a sweeping surveillance network at Wrigley Field that generates and stores “faceprints” of fans and employees without disclosing the practice or obtaining the written consent that Illinois law requires.

  [...] The lawsuits cite Blue Star’s own public claims that it uses biometric scanners and facial recognition tools for “crowd control” and access restrictions at Wrigley Field. They also note that Major League Baseball’s privacy policy references biometric collection but is not shared with fans at the ballpark.

  Neither the Cubs nor their contractors provided game attendees with notice, written consent opportunities, or policies for how long biometric data would be stored or when it would be destroyed, the suits say.

Remember, the government (state, county, local) can record you without consent on the public way doing public things pretty much 24/7/365. Speed cameras, POD cameras, red light cameras, body cams, dash cams, etc. There was even an effort during the Groot years to get private cameras on businesses looped into the data gathering. 

If we were an aldercreature's niece or nephew, we wouldn't want the paper contract for government printing - we'd want the data storage contract.

But there's actually a law on the books telling a private company they can't record people who voluntarily pay money to access and see entertainment? A simple work around would seem to be to print something on the back of the tickets saying you may be recorded and then post signs at the entrances saying the same thing. Then post a public policy about the data being wiped after a few days.

Geez, next thing you know people will be complaining they got filmed at a concert being all lovey-dovey with someone who they weren't married to. 

Or worse, we'd actually see a CPS employee tucking a handgun into her fat flaps before wounding a fellow baseball aficionado with a negligent discharge.