Since 2021, the administrative code of the City of New York requires commercial establishments in New York City to post conspicuous signs by their entrances if these businesses are collecting customers’ biometric information...more
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that a company violates the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) each time the company scans a person’s biometric information (e.g., fingerprints) without consent—not just upon...more
In January of 2022, we recommended adding “updating privacy contracts” to your list of New Year’s resolutions. With 2023 around the corner and a number of new privacy laws and regulations going into effect, we have another...more
12/16/2022
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Personal Information ,
Popular ,
State Privacy Laws
We warned you last summer that California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) enforcement was heating up! The California Attorney General (“CAG”) announced a settlement with cosmetics retailer, Sephora. That, among other penalties,...more
The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and Virginia’s Data Protection Act (“CDPA”) have created a snowball effect, encouraging Colorado to be the third state to enact comprehensive data privacy legislation. On July 7,...more
Virginia knocked off California’s crown as the only U.S. state to have a comprehensive, general consumer privacy law when Governor Ralph Northam signed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“CDPA”) into law on March 2,...more
With slightly less than one month before the July 1, 2020 enforcement date of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), California’s Attorney General announced on June 2, 2020 that he had submitted the proposed final...more
On January 21, 2020, Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys Vita Zeltser and John Brigagliano presented a webinar on U.S. biometric data privacy, as a part of Kilpatrick’s regular Retail and Consumer Goods webinar series. The...more
Biometric technology – technology that identifies individuals based on measurements of their biological characteristics, such as facial geometry, voiceprints, or fingerprints – has become a ubiquitous part of the consumer...more
On October 17, 2019, Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys John Brigagliano and Vita Zeltser and Delta Air Lines Assistant General Counsel Jonathan Ware participated in a panel discussion on biometric data privacy, and discussed...more
On October 17, 2019, Kilpatrick Townsend attorneys John Brigagliano and Vita Zeltser and Delta Air Lines Assistant General Counsel Jonathan Ware participated in a panel discussion on biometric data privacy, and discussed...more
Attention all who collect fingerprints and other biometric information of Illinois residents: a private right of action is now available for a mere technical violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act...more
2/12/2019
/ Actual Injuries ,
Amusement Parks ,
Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Fingerprints ,
IL Supreme Court ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Liquidated Damages ,
Personally Identifiable Information