🐉 Mar 11, 2021: #Facebook settled a prominent #BIPA suit for $650 million in a deal which recently received final approval. – biometric update https://gatewaybeast.wordpress.com/2023/07/14/%f0%9f%90%89-mar-11-2021-facebook-settled-a-prominent-bipa-suit-for-650-million-in-a-deal-which-recently-received-final-approval-biometric-update/

Face scan privacy ruling sharpens biometric insurance battle #BIPA https://news.bloomberglaw.com/insurance/face-scan-privacy-ruling-sharpens-biometric-insurance-battle

🐉 Mar 11, 2021: #Facebook settled a prominent #BIPA suit for $650 million in a deal which recently received final approval. - biometricupdate https://technologyweb2030.blogspot.com/2023/05/mar-11-2021-facebook-settled-prominent.html

Coinbase allegedly illegally collects face templates and fingerprints of its customers in violation of #BIPA, according to a proposed class action lawsuit https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-02/coinbase-sued-for-privacy-violations-over-customer-biometrics

Coinbase faces suit over alleged privacy violations in biometrics collection - The proposed class action lawsuit alleges the exchange violated p... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-faces-suit-over-alleged-privacy-violations-in-biometrics-collection #classactionsuit #cryptoexchange #biometricdata #privacylaws #california #coinbase #illinois #lawsuit #court #bipa #suit

Illinois court decisions acknowledge biometric privacy act's damages a potential business killer #BIPA https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/illinois-court-decisions-acknowledge-biometric-privacy-acts-damages-potential-2023-04-17/

My colleague, @KaitlynHarger, just published a shocking impact study on BIPA.

BIPA suits have generated more than $900M in class action settlements...In those 8 consumer settlements, law firms received an average of $11.5M per case & individual plaintiffs an average of $506.

As usual, nobody wins, except for the lawyers. #BIPA #Privacy

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/most-illinois-biometric-privacy-suits-hit-employers-study-finds

"Illinois Supreme Court Calls Upon The Legislature To Fix BIPA" https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/privacy-protection/1288386/illinois-supreme-court-calls-upon-the-legislature-to-fix-bipa #Chicago #biometrics #Privacy #BIPA

Decisions from the highest court in Illinois that expanded the scope of the state’s biometric privacy law could boost claims by workers and consumers #BIPA https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-face-growing-liability-from-illinois-biometric-privacy-law-c0ebd642

A workplace privacy case under Illinois's Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) should strike fear in the hearts of employers if the Illinois legislature doesn't clarify the intent of the law in terms of damages. Right now, White Castle is potentially facing a $17 BILLION statutory fine.

The case is Cothron v. White Castle and is a federal class action.

The plaintiff sued White Castle, accusing them of violating BIPA by requiring employees to scan their fingerprint in order to access pay stubs, and then disclosing the fingerprint images to an external vendor responsible for managing the fingerprint scanning system. 

The plaintiff argued that each time her fingerprint was scanned or transmitted without her consent, a separate BIPA violation occurred – subject to separate statutory penalties between $1,000 and $5,000 each. 

White Castle argued that there should only be one statutory penalty per employee, not one per fingerprint scan.

The Illinois Supreme Court agreed with the plaintiff's interpretation of the wording of BIPA and suggested the legislature might want to do something to clarify.

Read more:
"As White Castle Faces $17 Billion Fine For Privacy Violations, Other Employers Should Beware"
https://www.shipmangoodwin.com/insights/as-white-castle-faces-dollar17-billion-fine-for-privacy-violations-other-employers-should-beware.html

#workplace #employment #labor #privacy #fingerprints #biometric #BIPA #surveillance

At least there is one good privacy law in the USA. #BIPA

“The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Friday that Biometric Information Privacy Act claims accrue each time data is unlawfully collected and disclosed rather than simply the first time, a ruling that will almost certainly add to Illinois' already heavy privacy docket and that the defense bar has warned could lead to astronomical damages.”
#BIPA #DataRights #FacialRecognition #Privacy
(paywall) https://www.law360.com/consumerprotection/articles/1531953

Illinois High Court Allows Biometric Privacy Claims to Go Back Five Years:

https://www.laboremploymentlawblog.com/2023/02/articles/bipa/illinois-supreme-court-rules-all-bipa-claims-are-subject-to-five-year-time-limit/

and

https://www.eyeonprivacy.com/2023/02/illinois-high-court-allows-biometric-privacy-claims-to-go-back-five-years/

#Biometric #Privacy #BIPA #Labor #Workplace

⚡️ BREAKING: In an opinion released today, the Illinois Supreme Court has increased the limit for individuals to bring claims under #BIPA from 1 to 5 years. https://www.zwillgen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Opinion_JeromeTimsvBlackHorseCarriers_2023-02-02.pdf

‟Biometric privacy 2022 year-in-review” https://www.biometricupdate.com/202212/biometric-privacy-2022-year-in-review #surveillance #tracking #identity #privacy #BIPA #ADPPA

More #biometrics #lawsuits please. 😊

Some workers are challenged each month to beat 'biometric productivity based employee scores'.

But where does this end, when they plateau?

We must #Resist1984

#Privacy #News #BIPA #Orwell #Biometrics #Anonymity https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/as-biometric-lawsuits-pile-up-companies-eye-adoption-with-care

Two schoolkids sue Google for collecting biometrics - The suit is about biometrics and children's privacy in Google's education apps, which are suddenly... more: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/04/07/two-schoolkids-sue-google-for-collecting-biometrics/ #childrensonlineprivacyprotectionact #gsuiteforeducation #educationaltools #clintonfarwell #facetemplates #chromebooks #classaction #voiceprints #biometrics #faceprints #law&order #facescans #illinois #students #privacy #lawsuit #bipa

Clearview AI loses entire database of faceprint-buying clients to hackers - Time to worry about how well the facial recognition startup protects its 3b+ database of faceprint... more: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/02/28/clearview-ai-loses-entire-database-of-faceprint-buying-clients-to-hackers/ #biometricinformationprivacyact #artificialintelligence #facialrecognition #securitythreats #lawenforcement #datascraping #hoanton-that #clearviewai #biometrics #faceprints #law&order #bipa

Facebook to pay $550m to settle face-tagging suit - A class-action lawsuit against Facebook for the use of its tag suggestions feature looks like it's... more: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/01/31/facebook-to-pay-550m-to-settle-face-tagging-suit/ #illinoisbiometricinformationprivacyact #facialrecognition #facerecognition #socialnetworks #tagsuggestions #phototagging #biometrics #faceprints #law&order #facebook #illinois #privacy #lawsuit #tagging #photos #bipa

Emotion-detection in AI should be regulated, AI Now says - It's built on junk science, yet it's being used to determine who gets hired, fired, insured, medic... more: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/12/16/emotion-detection-in-ai-should-be-regulated-ai-now-says/ #artificialintelligence #affectrecognition #emotiondetection #machinelearning #oxygenforensics #ainowinstitute #katecrawford #law&order #paulekman #illinois #hirevue #cogito #ainow #bipa #ai