Defense arguments in biometric privacy cases uncertain as Chamber argues against private action
Only one defense used against a Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) lawsuit has been successful in getting a suit dismissed,…
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.
Amazon hit by Illinois biometric data privacy suit for Alexa recordings
A new class action law suit has been filed against Amazon under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act for recording the…
Federal law trumps state biometric privacy law as BIPA appeal thrown out
Airlines are exempt from Illinois state law requiring explicit informed consent from employees to use their biometrics for time and…
Facebook argues for biometric privacy class action suit to be thrown out
Facebook is attempting to quash a class action suite by arguing in an appeals court that the decision of the…
Illinois Supreme Court opens floodgates for class action litigation under state’s biometric privacy law
This is a guest post by Ana Tagvoryan, Jeffrey N. Rosenthal and David J. Oberly, attorneys at Blank Rome LLP….
Illinois biometric privacy lawsuits against employers continue as proposed amendment stalls
Numerous biometric data privacy infringement cases continue to wind their ways through U.S. state courts, and are unlikely to stop…
Appellate court rules biometrics collection alone establishes harm as Washington considers following BIPA
The Illinois State Supreme Court’s ruling that harm is established under the regulation by procedural violations in the use of…
Proposed Illinois legislation could be death knell for biometric lawsuits
Proposed legislation would be a death knell for private class action suits under BIPA, JD Supra reports. A bill recently…
Washington data privacy and facial biometrics legislation approved by state senate
Washington Senators have approved a new data privacy bill modeled on the European Union’s General Data Protection Rule by a…
Google to argue online photo service is not subject to Illinois biometric privacy law
The use of facial recognition on photos of people, rather than the people themselves, is not covered by the Illinois…
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