Amendments to limit biometric data privacy damages advance in Illinois’ House
A bill to amend America’s most punitive biometric data privacy law is advancing in the Illinois legislature. As the bill…
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.
BIPA defendants and their biometrics providers protected by common interest (sometimes)
A judge in the Northern District of Illinois has denied a motion from a plaintiff under the state’s Biometric Information…
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…
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…
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