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
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
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
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
As new data privacy regulations spring up around the globe with greater frequency, multinational companies face difficulties not only with complying with a patchwork of requirements, but also with the uncertainty of what...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
/ Article III ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Facebook ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Popular ,
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