VTO tool liability defense rejection underscores uncertainty and risk in BIPA litigation
By David J. Oberly, Biometric Privacy & Data Privacy Attorney For almost four years now, online retailers that utilize virtual…
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Texas age verification law mostly unconstitutional: US district court judge
In court battles over age assurance, victory can be a matter of perspective. A Texas judge has ruled that the…
Steak ‘n Shake face pay kiosks from PopID draw BIPA class action
Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has another notch in its litigation belt, this time in the form of a…
Google to subpoena Clearview over Texas biometrics contracts
Google is about to subpoena records from Clearview AI to show its business relationship with four Texas law enforcement agencies…
Tech lobby group’s appeal on kids online safety law denied
In a win for age verification providers and advocates, the lobby group representing many of the world’s largest and richest…
Investigations into massive National Public Data breach heat up
U.S. lawmakers, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and at least two state attorney generals are investigating the cyberattack on…
Data breach exposes 3 billion PII records, class action suits filed
In the last week, at least four class action lawsuits have been filed in response to what has been described…
Illinois heads off a cruel precedent for biometric data privacy damages
Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has been officially amended, with Governor J.B. Pritzker signing the changes into law on…
US sues TikTok for alleged violations of kids’ privacy, court order
The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) has sued TikTok, its parent company ByteDance and affiliated companies “to put an end to…
Samsung gets one biometric data privacy case back into court, another dismissed
Samsung has defeated a ruling that would have compelled it to go through mass arbitration over allegations of biometric data…
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