Biometric Litigation
DE Under 3: FTC Enters the Biometric Privacy Protection Conversation
Digital Planning Podcast Episode: Understanding Biometrics and the Impact on Estate Planning
Illinois Supreme Court Clarifies BIPA Violation Accruals, Opening the Door for “Annihilative” Damage
Podcast: BIPA Trends in 2022
Immigration Insights Podcast: International Entrepreneur Parole Program & Biometrics Requirement
JONES DAY PRESENTS® The Impact of Digital Health on Research and Clinical Trials
#BigIdeas2020: Facial Recognition Technology and Employer Compliance - Employment Law This Week® - Trending News
5 Key Takeaways | Biometrics: Identifying and Mitigating Legal Risks
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
On March 18, 2024, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued revised guidance on the use of tracking technologies by HIPAA-covered entities and business associates....more
On January 11, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would fortify the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). This move underscores a significant shift in the...more
On December 20, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced proposed revisions to its rules administering the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The updates both expand the universe of businesses subject...more
Hosted by CI, the Police Tech Conference & Expo returns for another exciting year with curated programming that will allow you to experience the captivating convergence of Canada’s senior law enforcement officers and the...more
The Washington My Health My Data Act (the MHMD Act) was signed into law on April 27, 2023, creating new restrictions on the collection and disclosure of "consumer health data" by companies in Washington or that is related to...more
MoviePass, a service formerly known for offering moviegoers unlimited movie tickets for ten dollars a month, is returning from bankruptcy with a new business model: trading ad views for “credits” used to redeem tickets....more
I had the pleasure of speaking during the Restaurant Technology Network Town Hall about a variety of privacy issues confronting restaurants and food delivery apps, including CCPA, CPRA, CDPA and CPA...more
As we noted in our last post, there has been a flurry of data privacy and security activity in New York, with the State appearing poised to join California as a leader in this space. Most recently, on April 29, 2021, the New...more
For most of 2020, the world struggled with COVID-19 and its effects. Earlier in the pandemic, we published a Law360 guest article offering privacy guidance to developers interested in creating contact-tracing...more
CYBERSECURITY - Cisco/Talos Researchers Find Attackers Using Slack and Discord to Distribute Malware - Another example of the resiliency and creativity of cyber-attackers is outlined in a new blog by Cisco/Talos...more
Many individuals already use facial recognition technology to authenticate and authorize payment through their smartphone. According to Jupiter Research, by 2025 (only four years away), 95 percent of smartphones will have...more
Setting new precedent in the world of data, the FTC has found that the work product of ill-gotten data is no longer retainable by the developer. On January 11, 2021, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on January 11, 2021, that it had reached a settlement with Everalbum, Inc., the developer of a now-defunct photo storage app called “Ever.” The settlement is the FTC’s first...more
A new report released by Global Market Insights, Inc. last month estimates that the global market valuation for voice recognition technology will reach approximately $7 billion by 2026, in main part due to the surge of AI and...more
Welcome to Three Point Shot, a newsletter brought to you by the Sports Law Group at Proskauer. Three Point Shot brings you the latest in sports law-related news and provides you with links to related materials....more
U.S. Judge Halts Trump's TikTok Ban, Hours Before It was Set to Start - "John Hall, an attorney for TikTok, said that the app, with some 100 million American users, is a 'modern day version of the town square' and shutting...more
I have never been a fan of TikTok. In general, I do not trust any Chinese technology companies because of the influence and requirements the Chinese government wields over them....more
In today’s world, hospitals have to be prepared for anything and everything, and not just medical emergencies. They have to be prepared to handle all types of workplace violence, from active shooters to abuse from...more
For those of you who have downloaded the face editing app FaceApp, please note that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has classified FaceApp as a counterintelligence threat because of its Russian origins....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). We don’t usually discuss the...more
This week’s Apple X announcement was not more than a few hours old, and the questions began to come in. Apple’s introduction of Face ID facial recognition on its new phone – although already available in some form on several...more
Blippar, an augmented reality app, recently released its facial-recognition software which allows users to scan faces with their smartphones. The Blippar app makes it possible for people to scan faces (from print, TV or in...more
A picture might be worth a thousand words, but could it also be worth a thousand dollars? New technology by MasterCard and Amazon may mean that the new hammock you’ve been eying online is only a camera flash away....more
No matter how many times employment lawyers say that the ADA may require employers to provide more leave than the FMLA’s 12 week allotment, some just don’t get the message. Last week, the EEOC announced a $300,000 settlement...more