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Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)

The Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) requires organizations to acquire consent prior to collecting a person’s biometric data for commercial purposes.

 

US states closely watching federal rule changes on biometrics

Amazon lost two notable biometrics arguments with a U.S. regulator this week, but they are miniscule compared to analyses that…

 

Amazon immune to BIPA this time, biometric privacy suit filed against PimEyes

A federal judge in the U.S. state of Illinois has dismissed a class action under the Biometric Information Privacy Act…

 

Opposition gathers but biometric privacy laws grow

Forces for and against biometric information protection laws in the United States remain stalemated in a position that favors proponents…

 

No hearing necessary as biometric data privacy lawsuit against FaceTec dropped

A lawsuit alleging biometric data privacy violations by FaceTec has been formally dismissed without a hearing, after plaintiffs’ counsel discovered…

 

Pharmacy, Apple still on the BIPA hook. Car renter Enterprises settling

A proposed biometric data privacy class action against CVS Pharmacy won a second life this week. It had been dismissed,…

 

Voiceprint BIPA case filed against Cerence. Plaintiffs include a minor riding in a car

A voice recognition software maker in the auto industry has been sued in the U.S. state of Illinois for allegedly…

 

Coinbase sued under Biometric Information Privacy Act

It was a matter of when not if. A cryptocurrency company has been accused of violating the U.S. state of…

 

4 biometric data privacy lawsuits not sufficient to prove corporate wrongdoing

Four lawsuits filed against Amazon under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act do not constitute a credible basis for accusations of…

 

Rebuffed on arbitration, Onfido calls it quits in BIPA lawsuit

Biometric ID verification provider Onfido is settling a suit brought by plaintiffs alleging that the company had illegally used their…

 

Biometric privacy cases churn on, but talk of legal reform gets louder

Amazon and beefery McDonald’s are separately involved in new class-action filings about their alleged violation of a U.S. state biometric…

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