T-Mobile, Amazon, and Target hit with facial recognition lawsuits
More companies with household names familiar to consumers are getting hit with lawsuits for alleged violations of BIPA and New…
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.
As retailers turn to biometrics to reduce theft, costs of poor implementation loom
Demand for biometrics to reduce retail crime continues to rise, but the risk of flawed deployments of the technology are…
BIPA one step closer to seeing its first major change since 2008 inception
On Thursday, a bipartisan majority in the Illinois Senate approved the first major change to Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act…
BIPA filings in federal court down
The volume of lawsuits alleging biometric data privacy violations under Illinois law in federal court have declined, with the first…
Judge allows voice biometrics data privacy lawsuit against Amazon to add plaintiffs
A federal judge has sided with plaintiffs who want to amend their lawsuit against Amazon over alleged violations of Illinois’…
Jumio named in BIPA lawsuit over crypto ID verification
Biometric identity verification provider Jumio is in legal hot water again for alleged violations of Illinois’ BIPA. This time, plaintiff…
Google’s BIPA extraterritoriality dismissal provides key lessons
By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney Utilizing a successful extraterritoriality challenge, Google was recently able to…
Plaintiffs failed to prove Google violated BIPA
A biometric privacy lawsuit in the United States is on its last legs after a judge dismissed much of the…
Illinois considers how best to neuter its landmark biometric privacy law
Lawmakers in the U.S. state of Illinois finally are debating a viable way to save businesses using biometric scanners mountainous…
Takeaways from recent Meta BIPA decision: What companies need to know
By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney Recently, a California federal court issued a notable decision in…
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