JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Insurance Implications of the California Consumer Privacy Act
The long-awaited amendment provides immediate relief to corporate defendants from business-destroying liability - On August 2, 2024, Senate Bill 2979 went into effect limiting available damages under Illinois’ Biometric...more
Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed Senate Bill 2979 into law, significantly amending the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), yet retaining the availability of statutory damages that have been so problematic for current...more
Nearly one and a half years after the Illinois Supreme Court saddled businesses with the potential for massive damage awards under the state’s landmark biometric law, Governor J.B. Pritzker just signed into law amendments...more
The Illinois General Assembly recently passed Senate Bill 2979 (SB 2979), an important piece of legislation that makes several much-needed amendments to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). SB 2979 is now at...more
The Illinois General Assembly has passed a bill prohibiting claims for per-scan damages under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (Privacy Act or BIPA), legislatively overruling the Supreme Court of Illinois’s...more
Last April, the Supreme Court of Illinois found that a claim under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) accrues each time a private entity collects or disseminates a biometric identifier or biometric information. ...more
The Illinois legislature is considering a bill that would prohibit Biometric Information Privacy Act (Privacy Act or BIPA) per-scan damages and provide a potential lifeline to employers that face potentially catastrophic...more
Last week, the Illinois Senate advanced the first significant BIPA amendment (SB 2979), passing it in the Senate by a vote of 46-13. The bill has broad Democratic support, and groups that have traditionally opposed BIPA have...more
We are writing to inform you of significant legislative developments regarding the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) that may impact your operations in Illinois....more
This post is part of a series of articles we are doing on 2023 data protection litigation trends. Since its enactment in 2008, Illinois’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has produced a wave of privacy-related...more
On February 17, 2023, the Supreme Court of Illinois held claims under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (Privacy Act or BIPA) accrue on each and every scan or collection and further allowed so-called per scan...more
On February 3, 2022, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the exclusivity provisions of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act (“IWCA”) do not bar a claim for statutory damages under the Illinois Biometric Information...more
Yesterday, at long last, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a decision making clear that state workers’ compensation law does not preempt employment-based claims arising under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The...more
New York City has set its sights on biometric data protection this summer, passing two laws regulating the use of biometric information within the same month. The New York City Council amended its administrative code on July...more
The deluge of lawsuits brought under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), 740 ILCS 14 et seq. over the past several years has presented a challenge to companies operating in Illinois. Not surprisingly,...more
This may be the year when the limitation of biometric capture goes national. Right now, companies using biometrics are driven by one state law, but others could soon join....more
On August 19, 2020, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted preliminary approval of the class action settlement in In re Facebook Biometric Information Privacy Litigation,...more
On August 8, the Ninth Circuit issued a highly anticipated decision affirming the district court’s certification of a class of Facebook users who suffered alleged violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act...more
Hotel chain Fillmore Hospitality, LLC is the latest target of a proposed class action complaint filed this week, alleging violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)....more
After Illinois passed its Biometric Information Privacy Act in 2008 (“BIPA”), other states have begun enacting legislation regulating business activities relating to biometric information. Texas and Washington were next,...more
The extent to which individuals may seek relief due to the unauthorized use of their personal information is an important issue in the privacy community. The Supreme Court of Illinois recently added its voice to this debate...more
Since the passage of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) in 2008, it has been used by plaintiffs’ attorneys to sue companies that use biometric identification technologies. Many BIPA cases have failed...more
In an effort to improve data security, many banking and retail companies have begun using biometric data, such as fingerprints and other physical features, as high-tech replacements for passwords. In view of these efforts,...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: As the number of class action lawsuits alleging violations of the Illinois Information Biometric Privacy Act (“BIPA”) has exploded in the last six months, defendants have been eagerly awaiting guidance...more
Has your company recently beefed up its employee identification and access security and added biometric identifiers, such as fingerprints, facial recognition, or retina scans? Have you implemented new timekeeping technology...more