HireVue Illinois Video Interview BIPA Settlement

Who Is Eligible?

You may be eligible to file a claim if you:

• You completed an interview through HireVue's video interview platform, using technology that may have captured your voice and facial biometrics. The notice describes it as automated interview technology. In practice that is the pre-recorded interview: questions on screen, a countdown, you talking to your own camera.
• You were physically within the state of Illinois when you did it. The notice says "while within the state of Illinois", not "Illinois resident", and the difference matters in both directions. Living in Illinois is neither necessary nor sufficient. Where your body was during the recording is the test.
• It happened between 27 January 2017 and 25 June 2026.
• Nothing else is required. Not being hired, not knowing who HireVue is, not having kept any record of the interview.
• If a notice arrived in your post or inbox, you were identified from the defendant's records as someone who probably qualifies. If one did not arrive, you can still claim. Unlike some settlements where membership is fixed to a list the defendant produced, this class is defined by what you did, and the claim form is open to anyone who did it.
• One caution about what filing costs you. Unless you formally excluded yourself by 28 September 2026, you release your BIPA claims against HireVue for that whole period whether you file or not. Staying silent does not preserve anything.

How Much Can You Get?

Everyone who files a valid claim gets the same amount. There are no tiers, no documented-loss route and no cap tied to what happened to you, because under BIPA the violation is the collection itself.

The fund is $3,750,000. Out of it come administration costs, attorneys' fees and service awards, and what remains is split equally among valid claims. The administrator estimates each payment at about $150, while saying plainly that the exact figure is unknown and depends on how many people claim.

Treat $150 as an estimate that moves in one direction. More claims mean a smaller share each. It is the one settlement structure where the common warning about filing early is actually true, although filing early does not help you: the split happens after the deadline regardless.

Two deductions are worth knowing. Class Counsel will ask for up to one third of the gross fund plus expenses, and the three class representatives for up to $6,000 each. Those requests go before the court on 7 September 2026 and get posted on the settlement website, so the figures are checkable rather than theoretical.

For context on scale, BIPA allows statutory damages of $1,000 for negligent violations and $5,000 for reckless or intentional ones. Nobody here is receiving that. A settlement converts an uncertain shot at statutory damages into a certain small payment, and $150 against a possible $1,000 is the trade the parties struck.

Checks expire 75 days after issue, which is tighter than most. Payment follows final approval by roughly 60 days, and an appeal would push it out further.

How to File Your Claim

File with the administrator:

• File at videointerviewbipasettlement.com. The claim form is on the site and takes a couple of minutes. The administrator is Simpluris, reachable on 833-421-7334 or at info@VideoInterviewBIPASettlement.com.
• Prefer paper? Download the form from the same site and post it to HireVue BIPA Settlement, c/o Simpluris, P.O. Box 25226, Santa Ana, CA 92799, postmarked by 13 October 2026. Online claims are due the same day.
• You do not need documents. The notice puts it in italics: submitting a valid and timely claim form is the only thing you need to do to receive a payment. You will not be asked to prove which employer sent you the interview or when you took it.
• Choose how you want paying. A check will be mailed, or you can ask for an electronic transfer instead. Either way the money comes after final approval, not after you file.
• The opt-out and objection deadlines both fell on 28 September 2026, earlier than the claim deadline. Exclusion had to be a signed letter posted or emailed to the administrator with your name, address, phone, the case name and number and a statement that you want out. Group or "mass" exclusions were not allowed.
• The Final Approval Hearing is 28 October 2026 at 9 a.m. in Courtroom 202 of the Circuit Court of Lake County, 18 N. County Street, Waukegan, with remote access available. Attendance is not required.
• Class Counsel is McGuire Law, P.C. in Chicago, on 312-893-7002, and costs class members nothing.

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