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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.

 

Law firm Blank Rome launches Biometric Privacy Team to help companies minimize compliance risk

Blank Rome has formally launched its Biometric Privacy Team to help clients minimize the risks associated with biometric privacy regulatory…

 

Amazon and Microsoft move for dismissal of biometric privacy suit, arguing no jurisdiction for training data

Illinois’ biometric privacy law does not apply to conduct out of state and therefore suits against Amazon and Microsoft over…

 

Clearview AI seeks biometric privacy claim consolidation, new BIPA cases brought and defenses considered

Clearview AI is asking to have 11 biometric privacy class action suits combined with each other, and another suit by the…

 

Compendium of biometric case studies with a focus on laws published

A research institute housed out of New York University that focuses on the social implications of AI has published a…

 

U.S. businesses using biometrics need to monitor congressional action as proposal imposes privacy obligations

Despite the unlikelihood that the National Biometric Information Privacy Act recently tabled by U.S. Senators Merkley and Sanders will pass, the…

 

Biometric privacy act does not flout state constitution, judge tells fingerprint database provider

Illinois’ biometric privacy law does not flout the state constitution by exempting financial services companies, contrary to the arguments made…

 

Impact of Facebook $650 million Patel BIPA settlement

By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney The original $550 million figure and Judge Donato’s response In…

 

U.S. district court gets Clearview AI’s attention; biometrics firm decries latest legal setback

The fight over biometric face-scraping and -selling is building like a professional wrestling story line, and, at least to some,…

 

Judge rejects Clearview AI’s motion to move or dismiss biometric privacy suits, consolidates complaints

Bids by Clearview AI to dismiss or relocate a biometric privacy suit from federal court have been rejected, with U.S. District…

 

Growing clarity in Illinois’ biometric privacy law shows possible defenses for third-party vendors

Suits brought under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) against biometrics providers as third party vendors face hurdles which have…

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