Illinois Supreme Court Clarifies BIPA Violation Accruals, Opening the Door for “Annihilative” Damage
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 3 - The Science of Modern Digital Forensics
Data Privacy Legislation, Part 2 (and bonus tips on teleworking from two law mamas who feel your pain!)
The FTC is proposing significant changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) rule to place new restrictions on the use and disclosure of children’s personal information. The COPPA Rule requires websites...more
Editor’s Note: As the summer months come to an end, there has been no shortage of privacy news and updates. Oregon signed both a comprehensive privacy law and data broker law, and the SEC adopted new rules regarding the...more
Does your business collect or use fingerprints? Do your building access points use retina, finger, or palm scans? Does your security office use facial recognition technology to identify repeated trespassers? Do your phone...more
On May 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a policy statement warning that the proliferation of technologies that use or claim to use biometric information may bring risks with regard to consumer privacy and...more
During the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Open Meeting on May 18, the Commissioners unanimously voted to adopt the Policy Statement on Biometric Information and Section 5 of the FTC Act. The Policy Statement broadly defines...more
Biometric information is unique to each of us, including our fingerprints, voice, face, iris, and DNA. We can’t replace our biometric data like we can a credit card. If it is compromised, it is compromised forever. It is uber...more
Florida Introduces BIPA Legislation - A Florida state senator has introduced an identical version of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)....more
Fingerprint identification technology uses fingerprints to uniquely identify individuals. The technology has been used by law enforcement agencies for decades, and dozens of statutes regulate when government agencies may...more
Several companies now offer time and attendance solutions that incorporate the use of fingerprint identification technology and purport to eliminate “buddy punching” for hourly employees. In addition to time and attendance...more