United Airlines - Genetic Information Privacy Violations Investigation
Published: March 5, 2023
Claim Form Deadline: Ongoing
Estimated Payout: Varies
Proof required: Yes
What's the Illinois Genetic Privacy Investigation About?
The Illinois Genetic Information Protection Act (also known as GIPA) does not allow an employer to ask about your family's health history, since it violates the privacy rights of the individuals in your family who have not given consent to their medical conditions being shared.Siri and Glimstad LLP is investigating United Airlines regarding claims from Illinois residents that they were asked about their family medical history during either the application process or their employment with United Airlines. This is in direct violation of GIPA. If you fall into this category of people who live in Illinois, and were asked within the last five years about your family's health history by a manager or someone else at United Airlines during the hiring process or your employment there, fill out the form on this page to see if you are eligible for potential compensation.
How Do I Participate in the Illinois Employees Genetic Privacy Investigation?
Please fill out a claim form if a past or prospective employer in Illinois asked you about your family medical history in the last five years (including during a pre-employment application, physical, as a condition of potential employment, or at any other time). After your information is reviewed, a representative from Siri & Glimstad will reach out to you. You must have worked for one of these companies in the last 5 years, or are currently employed by the following company in Illinois:• United Airlines
What are GIPA and GINA? What's the Difference?
• GIPA - Illinois Genetic Information Protection Act
GIPA, or the Genetic Information Protection Act, is an Illinois law that seeks to protect genetic information of Illinoisians. The protection is provided for individuals' privacy and non-discrimination based on their "genetic" information, as defined by HIPAA. Generally, the law does not allow employers to make decisions based on certain HIPAA defined "genetic" factors such as RNA, DNA, proteins, chromosomes, metabolites, mutations, or chromosomal changes. It also prohibits the release of some of this private information to anyone other than the person being genetically tested. This is similar to how personally identifiable information is protected.
• GINA - Illinois Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
What is the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act? Also known as GINA - the law aims to protect the rights of all United States citizens from employers who might otherwise fire, not hire, or otherwise treaty unfairly on the basis of genetic information or family medical history. According to the national "GINA" law, "genetic" information can be data about a gene test, historical medical information in your family, gene tests of a family member, genetic information about fetus, embryo or reproductive information of an individual.
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