Another big court decision in US litigation. Jury finds for biometric privacy rights
Privacy rights observers are calling the win by plaintiffs in Rogers v. BNSF the second landmark decision of the BIPA…
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Biometrics to support more national programs as legal frameworks and modalities advance
Biometrics could be commonplace in applications five years from now that are novel today, panelists at an Innovatrics event explained…
Biometric data privacy settlement to set high bar for payouts even as lawyers claim a third
Preliminary approval has been granted for a $3.5 million settlement of a class action lawsuit accusing Ceridian of violating Illinois’…
US Congresspeople really, really want a vote on a national data privacy standard
The United States is close enough to mid-term elections to read the fine print of polling rules. It is so…
Damages in Google’s biometric data privacy settlement half of per-person estimate
Members of the class in a $100 million settlement of a biometric data privacy lawsuit against Google will receive less…
US creeps towards digital ID legislation as election looms
The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has voted to advance the Improving Digital Identity Act, moving one…
UK regulator, California lawmakers tackling children’s online data privacy challenges
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK data protection regulator, may impose a fine of up to £27 million (roughly…
Patient data privacy should be a focus of patient safety, say industry insiders
Not that many people would have heard about it, but September 17 was World Patient Safety Day, and the United…
Biometric data privacy settlement could tempt more defendants into federal courts
A new and comparatively small BIPA payout was announced last week involving the multinational food and support firm Compass Group…
How much should US consumers sacrifice to get national data privacy law?
It is hard to square the circle U.S. lawmakers find themselves in over a proposed federal data privacy bill. So…
