Does US privacy regulation trump a state’s biometrics law? Supreme Court to decide
The U.S. state of Illinois’ Supreme Court is hearing another biometric privacy case, this one brought by health care workers…
BIPA
The Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) requires organizations to acquire consent prior to collecting a person’s biometric data for commercial purposes.
BIPA defendants take their fates out of courts; Samsung can’t avoid arbitration
For all its boilerplate bluster about winning the biometric privacy lawsuit it was defending against in the United States, face-scraper…
Some big names sweated a hot summer with biometric privacy court cases
It’s a brand-name roundup of biometric information privacy lawsuits today, with Clearview AI, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon battling in court…
A second US state debates letting residents sue for misuse of biometric identifiers
Little progress has been recorded for a bill in the U.S. state of Missouri that would protect biometric information from…
Settlement of BIPA suit against Clearview AI could be days away
A settlement in a U.S. biometric data privacy case involving Clearview AI and other business defendants could be finalized inside…
BNSF Rail asks to settle or retry its BIPA damage award
The defendant in one of the highest profile biometric privacy cases in the United States may want out of the…
Amazon takes a small BIPA win; ID scan provider for weed store accused
Biometrics privacy cases in the U.S. state of Illinois continue to bubble to the surface. In the newest U.S. biometrics…
Biometrics firms caught in data privacy complaints turn to arbitration
Short of actually winning a biometrics privacy lawsuit in the U.S. states of Illinois and California there seems only one…
TikTok’s owner broke fed, state privacy laws with consumer video tool, lawsuit alleges
ByteDance faces a proposed class action for privacy practices in the U.S. that allegedly violate federal and state laws. According…
Historic penalty decision in BIPA case shows the need to take biometric privacy seriously
Biometrics in one U.S. jurisdiction is now officially a live electrical wire dancing on the ground, ready to shock the…
