With the session ending on August 31st, the California legislature is debating a bill (AB 83) that would expand data security requirements for businesses that maintain personal information of California residents to include,...more
We’ve previously blogged about the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) privacy multistakeholder process to address concerns associated with the emerging commercial use of facial recognition...more
6/24/2016
/ Best Practices ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Consent ,
Data Security ,
Data-Sharing ,
Facebook ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Google ,
NTIA ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Shutterfly ,
Snapchat ,
Transparency
Late last week, the Illinois state senate considered an amendment tacked onto to an unrelated bill that would have revised the Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act, a law that has been the subject of much debate and...more
The District Court for the Northern District of California recently issued what could be a very significant decision on a number of important digital law issues. These include: the enforceability of “clickwrap” as compared...more
5/10/2016
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Choice-of-Law ,
Clickwrap Agreements ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Enforceability ,
Facebook ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Shutterfly ,
Terms of Use
As we have previously written about, there are several ongoing biometric privacy-related lawsuits alleging that facial recognition-based systems of photo tagging violate the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). ...more
As discussed in a previous post on facial recognition technology, a putative class action has been filed against Facebook over the collection of “faceprints” for its online photo tagging function, Tag Suggestions. (See e.g.,...more
10/16/2015
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Consent ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Databases ,
Facebook ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Injunctions ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Personal Data ,
Photographs ,
Popular ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Shutterfly ,
Statutory Damages
This week, a major self-regulatory initiative intended to address privacy concerns associated with facial recognition technology hit a significant stumbling block. Nine consumer advocacy groups withdrew from the National...more
6/24/2015
/ Biometric Information ,
Clickwrap Agreements ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Facebook ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Fair Use ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Informed Consent ,
NTIA ,
Opt-Outs ,
Popular ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Privacy Disclosures ,
Privacy Policy ,
Putative Class Actions ,
Self-Regulatory Organizations ,
Social Media ,
Transparency ,
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