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As a member of the Constangy Cyber Team, Todd leads the investigation and evaluation of potential breaches of data security, such as those caused by ransomware, social engineering, or the compromise of business email accounts. He ...
Laura Balson in our Chicago office recently discussed an amendment to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. At that time, the Illinois House and Senate had passed an amendment to Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, or “BIPA,” which was awaiting the signature of Gov, J.B. Pritzker (D). The amendment has now been signed and must be a consideration in BIPA litigation and in the use of biometric data.
Most significantly, the amendment specifies that an individual is limited to one recovery, even if there were multiple scans that violated the Act. This is good news for businesses.
In Jones v. Google, LLC, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that a district court judge erred in finding that state privacy claims were preempted by the federal statutory framework referred to as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, or “COPPA.” The district court had dismissed a class action brought by children based on allegations “that Google used persistent identifiers to collect data and track their online behavior surreptitiously and without their consent…”
The Constangy Cyber Advisor posts regular updates on legislative developments, data privacy, and information security trends. Our blog posts are informed through the Constangy Cyber Team's experience managing thousands of data breaches, providing robust compliance advisory services, and consultation on complex data privacy and security litigation.
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