The Chicago Cubs are the center of two claims involving an Illinois law that has been at the center of many recent class-action lawsuits, but the team reportedly called the allegations against them "false."

Two recent lawsuits filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois name the team, along with Blue Star Security LLC and Security Holdings LLC, accusing them of unlawfully collecting and storing biometric data of fans at Wrigley Field. The suits, which have since been consolidated, specifically cite facial recognition software, which they allege violates Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act, or BIPA.

But the Cubs denied use of any such technology.

In a statement provided to Crain's Chicago Business , the team said they "do not use this techno

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