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Biometric Litigation
Illinois Supreme Court Clarifies BIPA Violation Accruals, Opening the Door for “Annihilative” Damage
Podcast: BIPA Trends in 2022
Data Privacy Legislation, Part 2 (and bonus tips on teleworking from two law mamas who feel your pain!)
5 Key Takeaways | Biometrics: Identifying and Mitigating Legal Risks
On September 13, 2024, the Colorado Attorney General’s (AG) Office published proposed draft amendments to the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) Rules. The proposals include new requirements related to biometric collection and use...more
Data privacy-related lawsuits have skyrocketed in recent years. Federal courts saw over 900 data privacy dockets in 2020 – but witnessed a surge to 1,767 dockets in 2023. At the halfway point in 2024, federal court data...more
What We’re Watching in 2023 - Happy New Year from the BR Data Privacy and Security Download! 2022 was a busy year for data privacy and security. State and federal regulatory agencies flexed their enforcement muscle, we...more
Keypoint: This week a new bill was introduced in Louisiana; the Maryland work group bill received an unfavorable committee report; the Connecticut bill was referred to a second committee; and California’s biometric privacy...more
In this month’s edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the passage of the ballot initiative that enacts the California Privacy Rights Act, the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office’s final guidance on data...more
The new decade has barely begun, and the world of privacy already seems set to change quickly. Here is a brief overview: New Laws In Effect as of January 1 - On January 1, 2020, new data breach notification requirements...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