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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.

 

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…

 

Big court date coming up fast for a BIPA case involving statute of limitations

That those opposed to the U.S. state of Illinois’ biometric privacy law are placing so much importance on secondary provisions…

 

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…

 

A BIPA motion loss for Clearview as Walmart faces complaint over alleged use

Say what you will about face-scraper Clearview AI, its owners have courtroom stamina as a defendant. The facial recognition subscription…

 

Blurring a face on YouTube can violate BIPA – new lawsuit

A new biometric privacy lawsuit against Google argues that its venerable video-sharing platform YouTube stores images of people’s faces even…

 

Berbix, restaurant chains and Microsoft can’t free themselves from BIPA cases

Another month, another batch of new BIPA lawsuits and court developments for the biometrics and privacy communities to pore over….

 

Beyond BIPA: Mitigating biometric data legal risks under Texas and Washington biometrics laws

By David J. Oberly and Nicole D. Brenner* Maybe your company is considering using retina scans for employee building access….

 

Snap settles case for $35M as BIPA trips up Amazon and adult entertainment purveyors

Snap (parent of Snapchat) has agreed to settle a biometric data privacy complaint with a class of Illinois users for…

 

Lawsuit filed against retail giants in Illinois alleges biometric data privacy violations

A group of major retailers with stores in Illinois are facing a potential class action lawsuit alleging they violated the…

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