2024 was a pivotal year in the regulation of data practices, with increased scrutiny of artificial intelligence (AI), data brokers, and the ecosystem of commercial data, and the continued proliferation of comprehensive United...more
2/13/2025
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State Privacy Laws
The United States is on track to see a record number of data breaches in 2023 and state regulators are paying attention. The swift action required by victim companies includes containment and elimination of the threat, and...more
Washington state recently enacted the My Health, My Data Act (House Bill 1155) (the “MHMD Act”), which aggressively requires all entities that collect, share, or sell consumer health data in Washington to comply with very...more
On Friday, February 17, 2023, a divided Illinois Supreme Court decided that claims under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) accrue every time the law is violated, or each time a person’s biometric data is...more
Today, the Illinois Supreme Court issued its much anticipated decision in Tims v. Black Horse Motor Carriers, Inc., deciding that the Biometric Information Privacy Act’s (“BIPA”) prohibition against sale of biometric data, or...more
On October 27, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) began the process needed to implement a much anticipated rule regarding section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act by releasing an outline providing initial...more
BIPA cases are filed almost daily in Illinois and other courts. Eye-popping settlements and verdicts grab headlines. Four key issues await decision by the Illinois Supreme Court. The Illinois legislature has no guidance in...more
Key Takeaways:
CCPA exemptions set to expire on January 1, 2023, for the personal information of:
• “Personnel” (employees, job applicants, officers, directors, owners, medical staff members, and independent...more
Since the Illinois Supreme Court’s Rosenbach decision holding that BIPA is actionable on the mere showing of statutory violations rather than actual harm, litigants and courts alike have been busy shaping BIPA case law. Here...more