After a five-day trial and only an hour of deliberation, the nation’s first trial under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) ended with a bang. The jury found that the defendant, BNSF Railway Company,...more
10/18/2022
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Class Action ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Fingerprints ,
IL Supreme Court ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Summary Judgment ,
Written Consent
In the last week, a new type of BIPA case has emerged that should be of interest to companies involved in using, improving, and developing facial recognition and other artificial intelligence (AI) using photos. Companies that...more
2/5/2020
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Collection ,
Databases ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
IBM ,
Law Enforcement ,
New Legislation ,
Putative Class Actions