Implications of New York’s SHIELD Act on biometric privacy
This is a guest post by Jennifer J. Daniels, Jeffrey N. Rosenthal & David J. Oberly, attorneys at Blank Rome…
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Biometric privacy lawsuit against Amazon and Pindrop refiled in federal court
A biometric data privacy lawsuit alleging that Amazon and Pindrop failed to meet the informed consent requirements of the Biometric Information Privacy…
Biometric privacy suit targets Amazon’s COVID-19 screening
Employee COVID-19 screening measures by Amazon use biometrics without satisfying the legal requirements of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA),…
Chinese draft data protection law specifies biometrics as sensitive private data
A draft of China’s proposed personal data law has reached the first review stage in the country’s legislature, Global Times reports,…
Facial recognition legislation delayed in New Orleans, considered in Pennsylvania
A proposed ban on the use of facial recognition by city agencies in New Orleans will not be put to…
PhilSys biometric collection timeline set, bill proposes electronic voter registration system
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) will start collecting fingerprints, photographs and iris biometrics from registrants to its Philsys national ID…
Pending bill delays biometric data upload to drivers’ license database in Australia
Australia’s Capital Territory (ACT) government is planning to upload data to a national biometric database for the management of information…
Nigeria’s data protection service market to gross $100M by 2023 – Report
It has been estimated that the data protection services market of Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, will hit the US$100…
Attorneys provide eight tips to ensure compliance with Texas’ biometric privacy law
Texas’ Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (CUBI) is a lesser-known cousin of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act, but…
Lawsuit alleges biometric privacy violations from face recognition algorithm training
Allegations that the Ever cloud photo service violated Illinois’ stringent biometric data privacy regulations have made Paravision the latest biometrics…
