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Illinois Supreme Court Rules That Health Care Worker Finger Scans Are Exempt From BIPA

On November 30, the Illinois Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) does not apply to health care workers whose fingerprints are collected, stored, and used to access medication and...more

Illinois Court Eliminates Another BIPA Defense

This summer, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois further bolstered Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act’s (BIPA) nearly unfettered private right of action in Lewis v. Maverick Transportation....more

Illinois Supreme Court Rules BIPA Claims Accrue With Each Scan

Q: Does a BIPA claim accrue each time a person’s biometrics are scanned or only with the first such scan? A: A BIPA claim accrues with each scan....more

BIPA Claims Receive Five-Year Limitations Period

On February 2, the Illinois Supreme Court determined in Tims v. Blackhorse Carriers, Inc. that all claims under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) have a five-year statute of limitations. This ruling clarified the...more

More Privacy, Please - January 2023

Editor’s Note: In regulatory news, the Colorado AG published a second version of its proposed regulations. In U.S. litigation, Meta and TikTok both faced further litigation, and an Illinois court ruled that J&M Plating must...more

More Privacy, Please - November 2022

Editor’s Note: The California Privacy Protection Agency released amendments to its draft regulations, and the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau contemplates rulemaking on sharing financial data. In U.S. litigation, the first...more

Washington Court Finds Illinois’ BIPA Does Not Apply Outside the State

On October 17, a U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington issued an order and judgment, ending two related putative class actions alleging tech companies violated Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act...more

More Privacy, Please - July 2022

Editor’s Note: In the U.S. laws and regulation space, federal lawmakers formally introduced bipartisan comprehensive federal privacy legislation titled, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act. Meanwhile, California...more

More Privacy, Please - June 2022

Editor’s Note: This past month featured increased activity in privacy and data protection. U.S. Legislation and Regulation. Connecticut’s governor signed a comprehensive privacy bill, and President Biden has before him a bill...more

Clearview and ACLU Reach Settlement to Limit Access to Photo Database

On May 9, Clearview AI (Clearview) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reached a settlement whereby Clearview agreed to a nationwide injunction blocking many private entities, and some public entities, from...more

A Fresh “Face” of Privacy: 2022 Biometric Laws

Q: What states have biometric laws and what does this mean for my company? ...more

A Fresh "Face" of Privacy: 2022 Biometric Laws

Introduction: Biometric Laws in 2022 - In the first quarter of 2022 alone, no fewer than seven states have introduced biometric laws — California, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, and New York — generally...more

Valentine’s Day Order Gives No Love to Clearview AI’s First Amendment Arguments

On February 14, Northern District of Illinois Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman rejected Clearview AI’s arguments that Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) violated the First Amendment....more

Illinois Supreme Court Rules on Workers’ Compensation Act and BIPA

Q. Does the Workers’ Compensation Act bar a claim for damages under Illinois’ Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA)? ...more

Hoping for a One-Year Statute of Limitations Under Illinois BIPA?

The Illinois appellate court finally issued its long-awaited ruling in Tims v. Black Horse Carriers regarding the applicable statute of limitations for claims under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The...more

New York City Enacts Biometrics Law for Food and Drink Establishments, Entertainment Venues, and Retail Stores

New York City’s Biometric Identifier Information Law goes into effect July 9. The law applies to food and drink establishments, places of entertainment, and retail stores in New York City that collect, retain, convert, store,...more

Colorado Passes Comprehensive Data Privacy Law

On June 8, the Colorado legislature passed the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA). Assuming Governor Jared Polis signs the bill into law within 30 days, as is expected, Colorado will become the third state in the United States to...more

More Privacy, Please - April 2021

Do you want a simple way to keep current on important privacy changes? Avoid sleepless nights wondering whether you missed a privacy speed bump or pothole between annual updates? Worry no longer. Troutman Pepper is pleased to...more

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