Judge keeps biometric data privacy lawsuit against Jumio alive ‘for now’
A U.S. district court judge has declined to dismiss a biometric data privacy lawsuit against Jumio, but acknowledged that the…
BIPA
The Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) requires organizations to acquire consent prior to collecting a person’s biometric data for commercial purposes.
Lessons learned from recent BIPA third-party vendor decision
By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney On the heels of the Illinois Supreme Court’s opinion in…
Plaintiff voluntarily drops HID Global from biometric data privacy suit
HID Global has been dropped from a biometric data privacy lawsuit in Illinois federal court, at least for now. The…
Takeaways from Illinois Supreme Court decision on BIPA’s applicable statute of limitations
By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney For years, litigants involved in Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act…
A big BIPA decision: Plaintiffs have 5 years to file biometrics claims
A lawsuit limitation decision involving biometrics privacy has been handed down by the U.S. state of Illinois’ Supreme Court. It…
FaceTec beats BIPA accusations
FaceTec has been quietly dropped from allegations of wrongdoing under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act, in recognition of its role…
US privacy law catches insurer and Amazon; settlement nears in another case
The biometric privacy protection law in the U.S. state of Illinois continues to churn though challenges. A United States district…
Biometric data privacy cases expand beyond BIPA with new filing in Oregon
If it is a day ending in “y”, chances are that there is biometric privacy courtroom news to report. Today…
Whole Foods settles BIPA case, burger chain is hauled in
A pair of food companies are in the news over biometric privacy lawsuits – one paying to end its case…
Apple wins US biometric privacy case on appeal
In a biometrics-bound lawsuit decision more noteworthy for the name of its defendant than precedent, Apple has prevailed in a…
