While the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and its potential amendments are still a top concern for businesses, other states are showing that they will not be left behind when it comes to enhanced privacy legislation....more
6/7/2019
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Corporate Counsel ,
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Exemptions ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
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Pending Legislation ,
Personal Data ,
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Private Right of Action ,
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Companies in all industries and of all sizes are increasingly using biometric data—fingerprints, voiceprints, and facial structure, to name three—as a faster, more reliable, and more economical alternative to passwords and...more
4/12/2019
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Consent ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Fingerprints ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
IL Supreme Court ,
Notice Requirements ,
Personal Data ,
Private Sector ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Standard of Care
As predicted, the start of 2019 provided scant respite from the frenetic pace of privacy and cybersecurity developments during 2018. This past month alone, in a blizzard of activity, regulators amended regulations and...more
2/5/2019
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CareFirst ,
Class Action ,
CNIL ,
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Google ,
Information Systems Security Program (ISSP) ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
National Futures Association ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
State Data Breach Notification Statutes ,
Yahoo!
In a unanimous decision handed down on January 25, 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court reversed a lower court opinion and held that a plaintiff need not show actual harm to seek relief under the Biometric Information and Privacy...more
Just two months after an Illinois appellate court dismissed a similar complaint alleging a violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), a California federal court found that a claim asserted under BIPA...more
3/13/2018
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Biometric Information ,
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Employer Liability Issues ,
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Standing
Companies that collect and store biometric information from their customers and employees received good news from an Illinois appeals court in late December, a much-needed win in an area that has seen a massive rise in class...more