Illinois Supreme Court Refuses to Reconsider BIPA Ruling, Despite Warning About ‘Astronomical’ Penalties July 20, 2023 By Jim Sams The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to reconsider its 4-3 decision that found violations of the state’s Biometric Privacy...
7th Circuit: Insurer Must Defend Firm Sued for Selling Facial Recognition Program to Chicago Police June 20, 2023 By Jim Sams An ambiguous coverage exclusion prevents a liability insurer from dodging the cost of defending a data broker that was sued...
Illinois Supreme Court: BIPA Claims Accrue With Each Scan February 17, 2023 By Ezra Amacher The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Friday that a separate claim accrues each time a business unlawfully scans or transmits an...
Illinois District Court: Insurer Cannot Rely on Employment-Related Exclusion in BIPA Suit March 9, 2022 By Ezra Amacher An Illinois federal judge said a policy exclusion for employment-related practices does not protect State Automobile Insurance Co. from defending...
Illinois Supreme Court: Privacy Claims Not Barred by Workers’ Comp Act February 4, 2022 By Ezra Amacher The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act (IWCA) does not bar claims for statutory damages under the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act...
What One State’s Tough Stand Against Biometrics Says About Digital Privacy September 16, 2021 By Michael Berens When night fell, a clerk at a bustling 24-hour MotoMart flipped a switch from behind the counter. Electromagnetic locks sealed...
Six Flags Park Settling Illinois Park Fingerprints Lawsuit for $36M June 14, 2021 Six Flags Great America has settled a class-action lawsuit by agreeing to pay $36 million over the use of fingerprint...
Viewpoint: Biometric Information Privacy Statutes Could Be a Minefield for Insurers February 19, 2021 By Brett A. Scher and Jean Y. Liu In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in private entity use of biometric-dependent technology to assist with employee...
Facebook to Pay $550M to Settle Biometric Privacy Violation Claims January 30, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson In what the plaintiffs’ lawyers are calling the largest cash settlement ever resolving a privacy related lawsuit, Facebook has agreed...
Judge Scolds Facebook for ‘Faulty Proposition’ Over Privacy Claims May 15, 2018 By Joel Rosenblatt and Peter Blumberg A judge scolded Facebook Inc. for misconstruing his own rulings as he ordered the company to face a high-stakes trial...