BIPA keeping courtrooms and lobbyists busy
A lobbying group widely considered a so-called Astroturf organization has posted its argument for ending the U.S. state of Illinois’…
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Amazon loses dismissal bid in BIPA case, could face many more plaintiffs
A 2019 biometric privacy lawsuit in the U.S. against Amazon has just gotten more significant. A U.S. district judge last…
Age-verification vendors could benefit from the new gang-suit of Meta
A group of U.S. attorneys general are suing Meta Platforms and Instagram, alleging that they are winking at the general…
Key takeaways from recent BIPA biometric technology vendor decision
Despite the lack of a direct relationship with end users of their technology—making compliance obligations such as providing notice and…
Business group pitches BIPA reform while flow of new cases continues
A business advocacy group is calling for a landmark biometric privacy law in the United States to be amended to…
Lawyers hail court ruling that Taiwan’s digital ID scheme needs special laws
Taiwan’s government must go back to the drawing board to address the weaknesses in its digital identity scheme highlighted by…
Don’t overlook US state law protecting collection of genetic data – legal insiders
A pair of news stories this month, one only tangentially related to personal privacy, again point out the stakes involved…
SIA says biometric data privacy claim against Meta ‘does not qualify’
The Security Industry Association has weighed in on a biometric privacy lawsuit that claims Meta broke the law with a…
BIPA anniversary marked with proposals for improvement, close examination
Fifteen years after its passage, the U.S. state of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act only looks more threatening to non-governmental…
Australian firm loses biometrics patent infringement suits against Apple
A U.S. patent body has ruled against an alleged patent-trolling Australian company and in favor of Apple in a patent-infringement…
